
School Counsellor (Location - Orchard)
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- Respond effectively to crises affecting students and staff
- Provide mental health and behavioral counselling to students
- Recognize and appropriately take care of individual students' socio-emotional challenges
- Submit referrals to outside agencies as necessary for students' well-being
- Coordinate and facilitate groups for students, such as for improving social skills or addressing behavioral challenges
- Complete regular reports for services provided, such as session notes and incident reports
- Collaborate with teaching staff to determine how best to meet individual students' needs
- Work with school faculty and staff to develop plans for maintaining the well-being of individual students and of the student population as a whole
- Develop suitable school counselling programme including a system for needs analysis, early identification and referral of students with mental health issues and social, emotional and behavioural problems
- Advise school management on school counselling matters
- Provide consultation as well as planning and conducting training for staff and parents on pertinent mental health issues and skills for first-line intervention and support
- Network with relevant external professionals and community agencies
- Evaluate and report to the school management on the state of student mental health in the school, and the effectiveness of the school counselling programme
- Develop and conduct small and large group psycho-educational sessions for students on mental health issues and healthy coping strategies
- Develop and make mental health resources available for students, parents and staff
- Lead on increasing awareness of mental health and behavioural issues with faculty staff
- Provide individual and group counselling to students
- Conference with staff, parents and external professionals and agencies on students being counselled, and conduct home visits where necessary
- Look into the referral of students and their families to community resources or external professionals, where needed
- Provide direct crisis intervention and follow-up to students affected by critical incidents
- Maintain case consultation records and proper documentation
- Provide regular updates to school management and leaders on the progress of students being seen for counselling
- Be the key point of contact for Guardianship students, their parents and Guardians
- Manage and support the Guardianship students in their academic, social and co-curricular needs
- Conduct home visits to the Guardian properties to ensure their home life supports the personal needs of the students and their academic progress
- Conduct annual meetings with guardians to share expectations, standards and safeguarding protocols
- Meet with the school cohort of gUardianship students fortnightly
- Be responsible for record keeping and incident management pertaining to guardianship students
- At least 3 years relevant experience working as a counsellor with children
- The candidate should hold a minimum of a Maters in Counselling
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Empathy, patience and sensitivity to others' needs.
- An ability to connect with students of diverse backgrounds
- Strong interpersonal skills
- An ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with other school professionals
- A commitment to the safeguarding of students
- High level of personal integrity
- Flexible and positive team member who is proactive and willing to help others
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with high attention to detail
- An effective communicator in a range of contexts
- Conscientious and able to focus on completing work to a consistently high standard
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Respond effectively to crises affecting students and staff
- Provide mental health and behavioral counselling to students
- Recognize and appropriately take care of individual students' socio-emotional challenges
- Submit referrals to outside agencies as necessary for students' well-being
- Coordinate and facilitate groups for students, such as for improving social skills or addressing behavioral challenges
- Complete regular reports for services provided, such as session notes and incident reports
- Collaborate with teaching staff to determine how best to meet individual students' needs
- Work with school faculty and staff to develop plans for maintaining the well-being of individual students and of the student population as a whole
- Develop suitable school counselling programme including a system for needs analysis, early identification and referral of students with mental health issues and social, emotional and behavioural problems
- Advise school management on school counselling matters
- Provide consultation as well as planning and conducting training for staff and parents on pertinent mental health issues and skills for first-line intervention and support
- Network with relevant external professionals and community agencies
- Evaluate and report to the school management on the state of student mental health in the school, and the effectiveness of the school counselling programme
- Develop and conduct small and large group psycho-educational sessions for students on mental health issues and healthy coping strategies
- Develop and make mental health resources available for students, parents and staff
- Lead on increasing awareness of mental health and behavioural issues with faculty staff
- Provide individual and group counselling to students
- Conference with staff, parents and external professionals and agencies on students being counselled, and conduct home visits where necessary
- Look into the referral of students and their families to community resources or external professionals, where needed
- Provide direct crisis intervention and follow-up to students affected by critical incidents
- Maintain case consultation records and proper documentation
- Provide regular updates to school management and leaders on the progress of students being seen for counselling
- Be the key point of contact for Guardianship students, their parents and Guardians
- Manage and support the Guardianship students in their academic, social and co-curricular needs
- Conduct home visits to the Guardian properties to ensure their home life supports the personal needs of the students and their academic progress
- Conduct annual meetings with guardians to share expectations, standards and safeguarding protocols
- Meet with the school cohort of gUardianship students fortnightly
- Be responsible for record keeping and incident management pertaining to guardianship students
- At least 3 years relevant experience working as a counsellor with children
- The candidate should hold a minimum of a Maters in Counselling
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Empathy, patience and sensitivity to others' needs.
- An ability to connect with students of diverse backgrounds
- Strong interpersonal skills
- An ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with other school professionals
- A commitment to the safeguarding of students
- High level of personal integrity
- Flexible and positive team member who is proactive and willing to help others
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with high attention to detail
- An effective communicator in a range of contexts
- Conscientious and able to focus on completing work to a consistently high standard
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic