Social and Emotional Counsellor (Early Years and Key Stage 1)

A Social and Emotional Counsellor is required for an August 2025 start, supporting students in the infant school at Dulwich College Kindergarten School (DUCKS), Singapore. This role is part of Student Support Services within the College.

‘Students come first’ is our guiding pillar. The Counsellor will work as part of the team to support students' wellbeing holistically, through classroom-based lessons, small group sessions, and 1:1 support. Additionally, there may be opportunities to collaborate with the Junior School Counsellors to provide development and support for parents and teachers, as well as assist with students’ transitions. They will work closely with the Child Protection Officer and Safeguarding teams as well as the DUCKS Senior Leadership Team and the Director of Student Support Services, ensuring that detailed records are kept and shared as required.

The right candidate will be a highly committed team player with the drive, energy and passion to develop this forward-looking school. They will be proactive in visiting classrooms, working with groups of children and taking an overview of all factors affecting each child’s wellbeing. The successful candidate will be a qualified school or educational Counsellor, with experience gained in a school setting. A Master's level qualification would be desirable. In addition they will have:

• Experience working with international students and families with a deep, working knowledge of the importance culturally responsive practice.
• Experience in the development, implementation and support of tiered systems and processes to include relevant assessment practices, documentation and data tracking and analysis.
• Relevant and responsive knowledge of current practice to support leadership in response to student protection issues and crisis and risk management.
• Experience working with outside agencies and community members to support programming in additional support areas as needed to include occupational therapists, educational psychologists, mental health providers, and speech and language therapists.

Safeguarding

Our College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our care. We follow safe recruitment practices and appointments are subject to vetting including reference checks, and identity and criminal record checks. 

Dulwich College (Singapore)

Dulwich College (Singapore) is a globally renowned international school educating more than 2,900 students from Toddlers (age 2) to Year 13 (age 18). The College was founded in 2014 on the ethos and values of the British independent schooling system and was the seventh College to join the Dulwich family of schools. It has a global outlook and contemporary approach that mirrors Singapore’s cosmopolitan nature and reflects the diverse backgrounds of the 50+ nationalities that make up its student body. 

Regarded as one of the leading international schools in Singapore, the College is academically selective and provides a rigorous curriculum, complemented by a rich co-curricular programme. We build upon an enhanced version of the English National Curriculum, followed by IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme. It is a genuinely international education. Our modern campus connects us to the greenery of Singapore and features technology-rich learning spaces, world-class performing arts facilities, swimming pools, sports pitches and gymnasia.

DUCKS (Dulwich College Kindergarten School) 

DUCKS offers an outstanding education for children from ages 2 to 7, where academic excellence, child-centred creativity and superb pastoral care go hand in hand.  

We offer a British style independent school education, together with a dual language programme and an emphasis on global citizenship. This ensures that all our children are internationally minded and see themselves as part of a wider global family. 

Young children have a natural curiosity and, here at DUCKS, they are able to learn and explore in our well-resourced classrooms, our stimulating outside areas and our captivating Forest School. They are given opportunities to communicate, collaborate and succeed through carefully planned activities based on their personal interests and individual learning styles. 

Our children benefit from a distinctive academic curriculum that develops a thirst for knowledge and a life-long love of learning through exciting cross-curricular topics. We are dedicated to ensuring that they are well equipped for the future so that they can be the inspirational leaders of tomorrow. 

DCI Values & Behaviors

 DCI’s culture reflects our core values. We live our values in everything we do. Our behaviors reflect our values as follows:

Worldwise

• We build bridges to the world to make a positive difference
• We care for one another, our communities and our planet
• We are connected
• The future is always one step ahead yet we are already equipped with the skills, courage, compassion to navigate it with confidence

Students Come First

• We exist to serve our students. Every decision driven by their wellbeing. We inspire every student to turn their dreams and ambitions into personal bests.
• We take ownership of our learning. Find ways to bring it to life. To give quality feedback and make every moment count.

One Family of Schools

• We leverage our diversity, embrace our global family. We accomplish what a single person or school alone, cannot.
• We draw on our collaborative spirit, our collective talents. To take new ideas and turn them into real opportunities.

Pioneering Spirit

• We are proud of our tradition of innovation. We have the humility to question our way of doing things. We are open to the potential of change.
• We do not fear mistakes. We learn from them and leap forward.
• We will take the path less travelled. Because we see what others don’t. We take moments to reflect, to shape the journey ahead.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Having a diverse staff body is a great strength to us as a College and one of the ways that we can help students achieve our College Mission of Living Worldwise.We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy or socio-economic status. We support family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational needs allow. Staff recruited locally are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law. 

Dulwich College (Singapore) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices which are aligned to the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection. All appointments are subject to an interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references. 

PEI Registration Number: 201027137D. 

Period of Registration:09 January 2024 to 08 January 2028