School Counsellor

Responsibilities:
Performance Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
School Culture
• Advocate, provide counselling, psychoeducational assessment and individual student support, recommendations and advice to students, teachers and parents concerning educational, behavioural, mental health and family issues.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and facilitate effective working relationships and partnerships with parents, school personnel and external support agencies in order to provide a comprehensive support, case management and referral service that optimizes students' access and engagement in educational programs.
• Provide a counselling and referral service to assist students in decision making about critical educational, personal, social, and emotional development, and provide ongoing support during the implementation phase of their decision.
• Contributes positively to team building.
• Models appropriate dress, demeanour, and actively contributes positive work ethics as defined by school standards.
• Models and encourages a culture of kindness in support of the school's core values.
Curriculum
• Assist schools in the implementation of student protection, gifted and talented education, behaviour support policies and risk management processes that may involve the development of individualized student plans.
• Balance the ethical issues of privacy and confidentiality for each student with the appropriateness of sharing information with others and maintain a comprehensive and professional record keeping system that complies with policy and legal requirements of parental and legal access to official records.
Professional Development
• Participate in relevant professional development and prepare and implement professional and personal skill development programs and in-service activities for leadership, teachers and parents.
Communication
• Provide leadership and specialized support in response to student protection issues; critical incidents and emergencies; and the transition of students into alternative education programs, and their reintegration back into mainstream schooling.
• The School Counsellor will work collaboratively with other school based support personnel to assess and address the needs of students requiring the most intensive behaviour support.
• Demonstrates positive influence and highly effective communication skills
• Has a firm belief in international education.
• Demonstrates care for and genuine interest in our students and their challenges.
• Understands and adapts to the diverse cultural backgrounds of our staff, students and parents.
• Advocates and supports local and school-based child protection policies.
• Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of our growing school; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations
Child Protection Statement:
Anne Hill International School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of the students in its care. It expects that this commitment is uniform across the school and pre-employment background checks to determine an applicant's suitability to work with children will be undertaken before any offer of employment is made.