College Counsellor

 Aldar Education are currently seeking for an outstanding School Counsellor for the coming academic year 2021-2022. The main purpose of the role is to provide professional leadership and management for the department in order to secure high quality teaching and learning, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Help students enhance personal, social, and academic growth and wellbeing.

• Monitor the progress of individual students.

• Make contact with parents to discuss student behaviour or support needs.

• Take steps to prevent bullying and support victims of bullying.

• Help students develop job search skills, such as resume writing and interviewing techniques.

• Help students understand and deal with social, behaviour, and personal problems.

• Deliver therapeutic intervention based on the need of the individuals and provide referral to external services as needed.

• Emphasize preventive and developmental counselling to provide students with life skills needed to deal with problems before they worsen and to enhance students’ personal, social, and academic growth.

• Provide special services such as conflict resolution classes; identify cases of domestic abuse and other family problems that can affect a student’s development.

CAREER COUNSELING:

• Works with students regarding career options and provides appropriate information to students regarding careers.

• Assists in providing students with information for career exploration and selection to assist them in making appropriate academic course selections relating to their interests.

• Maintains an appropriate library/database relating to various careers for students to utilize in their career explorations.

• Coordinate access to university affairs and with university applications.

PERSONAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING:

• Works with individual students and groups of students in regard to appropriate social, emotional and development issues.

• Maintains an awareness of cultural influences regarding social development of adolescents and delivers culturally sensitive therapies.

• Monitors students who may be at risk in regard to social and emotional issues and makes appropriate referrals for interventions outside of school in consultation with parents.

• Promotes wellbeing of students via whole school and community awareness initiatives.

• Works closely with the pastoral team and safeguarding leads.

Note: Duties will fall within the professional qualifications and expertise of the counsellor, depending on if the post requires Guidance Counsellor and/or Mental Health Counsellor provision.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work 

• Bachelor of Counselling

• Bachelor of Psychology – with subsequent post graduate counselling qualifications

Minimum Experience

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in school counselling with US Curriculum is required.