Whole School Counsellor
Jebel Ali School
Dubai
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- Salary:
- An attractive tax-free salary + Private medical insurance for self +Annual flight allowance for self + Great corporate discounts with many service providers in the UAE
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2023
Job overview
Jebel Ali School, Dubai, is seeking an outstanding, and highly qualified School Counsellor, to join their leading British international school in August 2023.
Jebel Ali School is a leading British Curriculum school in Dubai for students aged 3-18 years. Established in 1977, JAS has an enviable reputation for being a much-loved community school centred around the ethos that our students never stop believing that better is always possible. Our aim is for everyone to belong, believe and become better than they thought they could.
Our campus contains state of the art facilities including a standalone Foundation Stage, Primary and Secondary Schools as well as some of the most impressive sports facilities in the city. Known and admired as the original Dubai community school, the school currently has over 1,650 students on roll of whom approximately 46% are British/Irish with an additional 53 nationalities represented. Jebel Ali School follows the English National Curriculum to GCSE and ‘A’ Levels – and from September 2023 BTEC options are to be introduced.
The school is proudly inclusive with students, parents and staff who take pride in, and fully support, the school. Our students leave us with confidence, strong interpersonal skills and with sufficient adaptability, resilience and understanding to be successful in the world of both today and tomorrow.
Requirements
The successful applicant will:
Be a qualified Counsellor with experience working with young people in a short-term therapeutic manner, both on a one-one basis as well as small group interventions
Hold a minimum master's level in Psychology or counselling or substantial experience post-graduate degree
Possess a strong focus on the pastoral care of children, understanding the balance between academic and social progress and support
Possess excellent interpersonal skills and a positive approach to both individual and collaborative professional development
Have the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Be able to implement effective referral and follow-up processes as outlined by the Lead Counsellor/Headteacher/Principal
To adhere to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the psychological code of conduct (safeguarding students)
Be eligible for, or under the process of obtaining, a Community Development Authority (CDA) license.
Be available to join JAS from August 2023
What We Offer:
JAS is a great place to work; we have one of the highest staff retention rates in the UAE, so we know we are doing something right. You will be busy, and you will work hard, but our unique community ethos makes JAS a very special place.
The successful applicant will receive:
An attractive tax-free salary
Private medical insurance for self
Annual flight allowance for self
Great corporate discounts with many service providers in the UAE
Most importantly they will have an opportunity to join one of the largest, and arguably most successful British curriculum schools in the UAE to assist our students to take their place in shaping the world.
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About Jebel Ali School
We are a well-established successful school where pupils start their learning journey with us in Foundation One through to Year 13, becoming part of our JAS family where we embrace academic excellence and personal well-being and happiness.
Our aim is to guide each individual child through these most important formative years of learning and to give them a ‘head start’ in life. JAS pupils become responsible, well-balanced and caring young people, able to face the next stage of schooling with confidence and enthusiasm. We try hard to ensure that they develop the attitudes and habits, the mindset if you want to put it in those terms, of successful learners.
We believe that intelligence can grow, or, as developmental psychologists would say, is incremental, and that children who are encouraged to be resilient and to learn from their experiences will achieve far more than those who believe that intelligence is a fixed entity.
The happiness of our children is vital, because this lays a secure foundation for their success at School. Whilst encouraging each child to attain the highest academic standards of which she or he is capable, we develop the whole child and provide ample opportunities in sports, music and the arts. We also encourage good manners and respect for others.
We have a wonderful team of staff who work hard to bring the best out of the children. We also have hugely supportive parents and the partnerships that are formed between pupils, staff and parents are a very important part to our success.
At JAS we have created a warm, family atmosphere where everyone feels valued. Everything that happens here is for the benefit of our pupils. Jebel Ali School is a vibrant school which offers a challenging education for inquisitive children who are eager to engage fully with the world in which they are growing up. JAS children are bright and inquisitive individuals, each with unique abilities, interests and aspirations.
Our vision is to create a community that never stops believing that better is always possible and our mission is for each individual to belong, believe and become better than they thought they could.
To belong. By celebrating our differences through authentic relationships we ensure individuals feel like valued, confident, and happy members of JAS - a community with a long standing tradition and heritage of inclusivity and investment in the whole person.
To believe. By exuding positivity and trust, we empower and motivate ourselves to be resilient in the face of adversity.
To become. By embracing opportunities; mastering skills and achieving aspirations, we work together to empower and motivate our students to become better than they believed they could be.
Belong. Believe. Become. Better is always possible.
Please visit our website for more information - www.jebelalischool.org
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