College Counsellor

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.
CAREER COUNSELING:
Works with students regarding career options and provides appropriate information to students regarding careers.
Assists 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.
Coordinate access to university affairs and with university applications.
PERSONAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING:
Works with individual students and groups of students in regard to appropriate social, emotional and development issues.
Maintains an awareness of cultural influences regarding social development of adolescents and delivers culturally sensitive therapies.
Monitors students who may be at risk in regard to social and emotional issues and makes appropriate referrals for interventions outside of school in consultation with parents.
Promotes wellbeing of students via whole school and community awareness initiatives.
Works closely with the pastoral team and safeguarding leads.
Note: Duties will fall within the professional qualifications and expertise of the counsellor, depending on if the post requires Guidance Counsellor and/or Mental Health Counsellor provision.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work
Bachelor of Counselling
Bachelor of Psychology with subsequent post graduate counselling qualifications
Minimum Experience
Minimum of 2 years experience in school counselling with US Curriculum is required.