Counselor

Job Description:

Looking for a counselor who will assist the students with their career planning to have a vision for their future and assist them in achieving their goals. The counselor will also promote a psychologically healthy environment within the school in general and for the students specifically.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a yearly plan of actions & proposed programs and present to supervisor for approval; ensure that it is effectively implemented in order to achieve desired objectives
•  Provide and administer testing services in order to assess intellectual capacity, academic achievement, personal and vocational attitudes, and students’ special abilities and skills, and prepare reports on the findings
•  Provide individual and group counseling services to students who seek counseling, or who are referred by teachers, in order to ensure the well-being of all students
• Recommend corrective measures and follow up with students to ensure compliance and progress
• Assist teachers and parents with implementation of recommended strategies for how to reinforce socially-acceptable behavior and how to respond to behavior that is detrimental to the healthy social, academic and psychological development of the student
•  Assist teachers with implementation of recommended strategies for how to contribute to student academic and career awareness and planning
• Plan and conduct workshops to help teachers become more aware of student needs, and provide suggestions and strategies on how to prevent and reduce conflict within their classrooms
• Provide teachers with guidelines that will help them judge when student behavior needs to be referred to the school counselor
• Coordinate with academic coordinators to incorporate supports that promote mental health into the curriculum as well as into extracurricular activities
• Prepare semi-annual reports on activities and services provided
• Serve as the Student Council advisor, as applicable

Work Experience & Educational Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Counseling or a related field, Master’s preferred
• 2-5 years of school or therapeutic counseling experience
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong coordination and organizational skills
• Excellent writing skills, with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and articulate ideas clearly and concisely; proficiency in Arabic an advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office applications