About the role
An residential school in Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh is hiring for the post of student counsellor.
The counsellorwill provide a professional and confidential service to students in order to promote
the difficulties they may face.
Key Accountabilities :
- To provide a high quality professional counselling service for students in the school.
- To provide an easy accessible counselling service for students.
- To organise sessions flexible to the needs of the school, offering appropriate assessments and ongoing counselling support to individuals and small groups:
- To maintain up to date case notes to be kept in a safe place.
- To work always within the ethics and guidelines of the School.
- To be a member of the Primary School Team, contributing to regular meetings.
- To work in partnership with the other School Counselors.
- To liaise with key school staff members in respect of any necessary onward referrals to outside agencies.
- To review the counseling provision with line manager on a termly basis.
- To work within the school’s policies to promote equality.
Teaching staff competencies
Personal Attributes :
- Able to relate to students with an open, nonjudgmental attitude - accepting them for who they are and in their current situation. Warmth and understanding.
- Able to display empathy and compassion and empathy help your clients feel understood and heard.
- Excellent problem-solving skills to be able to help students identify and make changes to negative thought patterns and other harmful behaviors.
- Strong interpersonal skills to help establish rapport quickly with students and develop strong trusting relationships.
- Ability to be the authority figure to take steps necessary for student safety.
- Must display multicultural competency and adopt a multicultural worldview.
- Able to keep things confidential, understand what, when and with whom to share information.
Requirements
- Graduate in clinical psychology
- Certificate in Special Education preferred
- Certificate Child psychology
- Minimum 3 year of experience
- Patient and calm personality
- Child caring
Benefits
- Accommodation
- Child Education
- Handsome salary