School Counsellor at Curro Holdings Ltd

Key performance areas

• Carrying out counselling sessions on an individual, group or class level as part of an integrated preventive and intervention service
• Contributing in an active manner to the development of the school counselling programme in support of the holistic development of each learner
• Assisting in the development and nurturing of an enabling school culture and helping learners become empowered for positive action and change
• Intervening to give learners the opportunity to manage more effectively their life circumstances and to manage their lives more effectively
• Assisting learners to develop their personal, social and autonomous learning skills
• Counselling learners and their parents with respect to intra- and inter-personal issues and behavioural problems
• Preparing reports and maintaining records on learners
• Making the necessary referrals according to established policies and procedures
• Adopting preventive measures that empower learners to avoid problems as much as possible
• Providing a continuum of preventative, developmental, remedial, and intervention services and programmes and facilitating referral to resources and services at both community and national levels

Qualifications, experience and skills

• Honours for Social Worker, Masters for Psychology
• Relevant experience in a similar position
• A passion for children
• Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills
• An energetic positive approach to their vocation
• Patience and compassion to work with children who need advise
• The skills to deal with children, parents and staff
• Ability to remain calm in any situation yet solve problems quickly in an emergency
• A clear criminal record

Closing date: 20 March 2026.