School Counsellor Meridian Cosmo City at Curro Holdings Ltd

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with the following experience, qualifications and /or skillsets:

• An appropriate academic and professional qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.
• 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.
• Personal commitment to education and a willingness to contribute to the values and ethos of the school.

The responsibilities are:  

• 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.