School Counsellor Aldar Education New School UAE

Aldar Education is currently seeking a School Counsellor to support their growing family of owned and operated schools in the UAE. This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group. The job was posted in 5 January 2024. Candidate desired for the role should submit their application now.

Responsibilities of School Counsellor

• 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.

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 of School Counsellor

The requirements for the job role of School Counsellor are as under:

• Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in school counselling or other counselling experience required.
• Appropriate license to carryout student counselling.

Skills & Knowledge Desired

• 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.

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