Job Description
The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Main Duties:
⢠Help students enhance personal, social, and academic growth
⢠Monitor the progress of individual students
⢠Make contact with parents to discuss student behaviour
⢠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
⢠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
Specific Duties:
GROUP COUNSELLING:
⢠Identifies areas that would be appropriate for intervention in the form of group counselling and regularly forms and leads appropriate groups.
⢠Utilizes both large (classroom) groups and small groups to make appropriate academic and behavioural interventions.
CAREER COUNSELING:
⢠Coordinates with the Counsellors regarding career options for students and provides appropriate information to students regarding careers.
⢠Assists the counsellors 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.
PERSONAL COUNSELLING:
⢠Works with individual students and groups of students in regards to appropriate social development issues.
⢠Maintains an awareness of cultural influences regarding social development of adolescents.
⢠Monitors students who may be at risk in regards to social issues and makes appropriate referrals for interventions outside of school in consultation with parents.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications:
⢠Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work
Minimum Experience:
⢠Minimum of 1 year experience in school counselling or other counselling experience required
⢠Appropriate license to carryout student counselling
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills:
⢠Fluent English communication skills, written and oral in order to deliver clear, proactive and effective two-way communication.
⢠Arabic speaker is preferable
⢠Strong interpersonal skills to aid in daily contact with parents in a diverse multi-cultural environment
⢠Ability to work flexibly as a member of a team
⢠Result driven.
⢠Ability to analyse information in a systematic manner to make informed decisions.
⢠Ability to create a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing
⢠Collaboration and teamwork
⢠Shows positivity when faced with change, embracing it fully
⢠Acts in a socially responsible manner
⢠Demonstrable organizational skills
⢠Strong desire to help others and should be able to inspire respect, trust, and confidence
⢠Must possess high emotional and physical energy to handle the array of problems addressed.
⢠Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding
⢠A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check.
Desired Candidate Profile
Education:
Any Graduation()
Gender:
nm
Nationality:
Any Nationality
