School Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Teach Away Full time

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

- Elementary
- Licensed Teacher

**Requirements**:

- Education Required: Bachelor
- Minimum Teaching Experience: 3 years of teaching experience
- Major: Psychology
- Required Certificates:
- Other Certification**Person Specification**:
**Education**:Certification in Counselling or Psychology, Teaching certification

**Experience**:

- At least two year’s school-based experience or previous experience working with schools and students in a counseling capacity.
- A degree in education/psychology/counseling.
- A committed and creative individual with excellent organizational skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with students and staff

**Competencies**:

- Excellent communication skills including high standards of professionalism in written and spoken English
- Organised and works to deadlines
- Strong IT skills

**Attributes**:

- Knowledgeable, Reflective, Inquirer, Thinker
- Empathises with the values of the school
- Student of learning and leading
- Solutions-focused
- Believes in the potential of all students
- Committed to personal development
- Caring and Open-minded
- Sees leadership as a service to others
- Internationally minded and inter-culturally sensitive
- Sense of humor and humility
- Conscientious
- Motivated by the challenge
- Resourceful
- Communicator and Risk Taker
- Communicates effectively to large and small audiences
- Innovative and creative mindset
- Principled and Balanced
- Composed under pressure
- Retains responsibility under pressure
- Resilient when faced with setbacks
- Flexible when conditions change
- Always prioritizes the needs of the school

Job Benefits:
To be discussed during the interview.

**Job Description**:
**Communicate, build relationships and inspire confidence in all** **stakeholders.**

**The Counsellor achieves this through**:

- Ensuring that all staff receive the necessary level of training and support about common student well-being issues
- Providing a clear channel for parent queries and concerns and supporting parents with advice and introductions to external providers where appropriate
- Contributing to regular discussion forums on topics of interest to parents
- Playing a full part in all Taaleem Job-a-Like meetings
- Providing appropriate reports on student issues to Grade Level Leaders and the Secondary Leadership Team
- Building trusting relationships with external service providers

**Delivery: Individual Student Planning**
- In collaboration with teachers and parents, help students establish goals and develop and use planning skills.
- Identify specific goals and develop strategies toward achieving these goals.
- Guide teachers and parents in utilizing assessment results to create ILPs (individual learning plans).
- Demonstrate accurate interpretation of assessment data and present this information clearly and concisely to parents and the Learning Support Team.
- Conduct formal observations.
- Explain and interpret the statistical concepts used in assessment batteries.
- Guard against over-interpretation or other inappropriate use of assessment data and maintain its confidential nature.
- Make recommendations based on evaluation findings.

**Responsive Services**:

- Counsel individual students and small groups of students on an ‘as needs basis.
- Work within the context of the multi-disciplinary Learning Support Team Meeting to identify and address counseling needs.
- Provide crisis counseling, as needed (e.g. anxiety, grief, trauma, family break-up).
- Assist students in establishing concrete behavioral plans aimed at problem resolution.
- Serve as a student advocate.
- Consult effectively with students, parents, colleagues, and other professionals.
- Before the consultation, gather and prepare the necessary information.
- During the consultation, interpret information and communicate ideas effectively.
- Suggest a variety of options or strategies.
- Appreciate alternative opinions and promote a spirit of cooperation.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of the plan of action.
- Encourage feedback and input.
- Implement an effective referral process within the framework of the Learning Support Team.
- Determine the need for and make appropriate referrals.
- Maintain a current list of referral resources in the local community.
- Assist students and parents throughout the referral process.
- Collaborate with professional services outside of school and assist with implementing their recommendations, as necessary.

**Accountability**:

- Provide a comprehensive and balanced guidance program consistent with identified student needs and in collaboration with school staff.
- Maintain a database of student consultations.
- Conduct needs assessments to determine systemic social and emotional needs and priorities.
- Follow priorities established within the counseling program framework and in association with the school curriculum.
- Use sou

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