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The school counsellor promotes student success, provides preventive services, and responds to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counselling programme that addresses academic and personal/social development for all students.
Job Responsibility:
Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, and personal/social skills, goals, and plans
Ensures school’s Wellbeing Programme is fully immersed in school culture
Provides individual and group counselling to students with identified concerns and needs
Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs
Implements an effective referral and follow-up process
Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counselling services
Monitors student academic performance, behaviour and attendance and assists with appropriate interventions
Small groups planned e.g. Grade 3 workshop on bullying for girls/boys
Parent Workshops – 1 per term e.g. Building Resilience
Available for Meetings: Staff Development.
Requirements:
Thorough knowledge of relevant legislation, especially The Children’s Act 58 of 2005
Experience working with young students and adolescents and their families
Experience in individual, group and family therapy, and in crisis intervention
Ability to communicate confidently and competently in English, both spoken and written
Exceptional interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships and interact with individuals of different backgrounds
Ability to provide confidential assessment, mediation and counselling services to students, and to offer support to staff and parents
Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
Willingness and ability to network with relevant organisations and professionals in the community
Ability to address large groups e.g. students/staff/parents
Ability to contribute to professional development programmes for teachers, when required
A broad, comprehensive awareness of the challenges facing young people in the world today
Excellent administration skills
fully computer literate
University qualification
Certified SACE and Health Professional Qualification / Status
Work closely with SENCO in the running of pastoral meetings, minutes and follow ups.