School Counsellor | Deira International School | Dubai
Deira International School (DIS)
Dubai
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 28 December 2019
Job overview
ROLE PURPOSE:
To promote, deliver and support health and well being throughout the school and to develop and implement proactive programs to promote wellbeing and resilience amongst the students, staff and parents
KEY ROLE SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Description of the Accountability Performance Indicators (How accountability is measured)
Lead the development of high quality support service for the school that enhances the mental health and wellbeing of all students
High levels of student satisfaction with the services provided by the Student Wellbeing team (as per the benchmark level of students’ satisfaction)
Provide guidance and support to individuals in cases of bereavement and loss, transition, eating disorders, self-harm, depression, anger management, erratic behaviour, abuse, anxiety and fear
No. of Peer tutoring sessions for a student
No. of Session with feedback as “satisfactory or above”
Perform duties within codes of practise and ethics recommended by BABCP, UKCP or equivalent organisation
No. of incidences of non-compliances with the guidelines (Health and safety)
Legal compliance e.g. Freedom of Information, Data Protection
Promote an environment of positive education, care and support where such concerns can be identified and corrected
No. of concerns identified/raised and corrected
Provide support and training to the parents regarding issues of stress, anxiety, psycho-education, mental health difficulties ensuring confidentiality of the matter No. of meetings with the parents to address and issue
Parent feedback for the meeting as satisfactory or above
Play an active role in safeguarding students in consultation with designated safeguarding lead and external agencies
Satisfactory quality feedback reports
Collaborate with SLTs, staff and students to ensure effective support operations and network with personnel /agencies to access specialist consultant
Satisfactory performance management reports including appraisal
Maintain suitable records on support offered in a secure place
Monitor all aspects of the delivery of support and recommend changes where appropriate
Review operational policies for the support services
Timely annual report that reflects current trends to the SLT
Full and continued compliance with the BABCP registration and accreditation schemes
Satisfactory quality audit reports
PERSON SPECIFIC:
Education: Masters in students counselling / Counselling diploma
Minimum Experience and Knowledge: Minimum 2 years of proven working experience in school counselling
Job-specific skills
Effective communication
Creativity/ Innovation
Build relationship
Interpersonal skills
Foster teamwork
Decision Making skills
Organizational skills
Decision Making skills
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About Deira International School (DIS)
- Deira International School (DIS)
- Dubai Festival City, P.O. Box 79043
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
‘Forever Learning, Forever achieving’
Mission Statement
'To provide a holistic and diverse educational experience in an international environment, nurturing individual achievement, independence, excellence and respect.'
Deira International School offers high quality British education within an atmosphere both sensitive to and consistent with, UAE culture and tradition.
A fully inclusive international school, for students aged three years to eighteen years, DIS offers a combination of the National Curriculum for England and Wales to I/GCSE plus the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and International Baccalaureate Careers Programme (IBCP) with results well above world averages. When students leave DIS, they go on to study at some of the most prestigious universities in the world.
The language of instruction at DIS is English. Strong Arabic and Islamic studies programmes are offered in accordance with Ministry of Education requirements. Moreover, special Islamic classes and Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) are offered to non-native Arabic speakers.
Our approach motivates and equips students to further their education beyond DIS and most importantly, to view education as a lifelong process.
A truly international school, we have earned the reputation for providing an exceptional education to a diverse student body representing over 80 nationalities.
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