Job Description

UWCSEA Dover Campus has a vacancy from August 2024 for a K-12 Counsellor (Personal & Social-Emotional) to work with students across the K-12 campus.

The Counselling and Wellness Department

• There are currently four full-time counsellors at UWCSEA Dover Campus. This role will replace a counsellor whose focus is to support students across K-12 schools. Counsellors provide a confidential and client-centred service that enhances student wellbeing and improves access to learning opportunities.
• The counsellor\'s aim is to provide a developmentally-appropriate service which could include any or all of the following: the provision of confidential individual or group counselling services, individual student planning and goal-setting including risk assessment and safety planning, parents coaching skills, liaison with teachers and boarding house staff; and presentations to the UWCSEA community (students, parents, staff) on key wellbeing topics
• The counsellors work collaboratively with teachers, parents and families in times of individual or collective need.

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Main Responsibilities

• Provide a flexible approach that employs a range of evidence-based counselling practices to meet individual and group needs relating to social and emotion wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with parents and families where a need has arisen that affects student wellbeing & learning (eg. health concerns, prolonged absence, mental health concerns).
• Work collaboratively with school and student leadership to design & develop wellbeing initiatives.
• Refer children and their parents to external counselling / psychological support agencies when needed; and collaborate to support at-school strategies.
• Cultivate relationships & liaise with external services to strengthen the support team around the child.
• Be available to support individual staff members with advice that will improve the academic, social and emotional development of students.

Supporting professional development and community education

• Help deliver professional workshops & facilitate forums for the wider school community relating to social & emotional wellbeing. Examples of programmes could include stress management, skills for general wellbeing (e.g. mindfulness), suicide awareness and intervention, and parenting programs.
• Work within a collaborative team for continuous development and cohesion of the Counselling & Wellness Development Plan with the College Development Plan.

Logistical

• Adhere to regulations and procedures relating to data protection and information security.
• Ensuring CIMS (UWCSEA\'s bespoke student database) is used effectively and ethically to support students.
• Prioritise and use data to proactively identify patterns and trends to inform focus areas for intervention.
• Ensure accurate records of counselling sessions and safeguarding notes are maintained and properly recorded.

Expectations and Standards

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Person Specifications

• A Bachelor or Masters of Psychology/Social Sciences, or a Master of Counselling degree is essential.
• A minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience in counselling specific role, with a minimum of 2 years of counselling experience focussing on child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing is essential.
• A minimum of 1 year of counselling experience in a K-12 school setting is desirable.

Applicants should also have relevant experience of:

• Designing and delivering presentations and workshops to a range of audiences (students, parents, staff).
• Developing and working in partnership with external services to provide effective student support.
• Foundational counselling practices that can be used for short-term interventions for K-12 students including those that can be adapted for creative counselling approaches with younger students.
• Collaboration in the design & facilitation of student support plans and social-emotional lessons for classes as needed.
• Working with an international Boarding Community would be an advantage but is not essential.

Skills & Qualities:

• Deep understanding of student wellbeing, welfare & safeguarding.
• Be approachable, self-reflective, compassionate and adaptable to meet the nurtutance needs of our school community.
• Commitment to developing positive working relationships including across cultures and others from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to bring people together to foster a culture of trust in the \xe2\x80\x98team around the child\xe2\x80\x99.
• Skills in conflict resolution and problem-solving.
• Strong organisational skills to help manage counselling workload volume and preventative projects for wellbeing.
• Ability to respond calmly & effectively to crises involving student wellbeing.
• Ability to assess the risk of harm to self and others; provide safety planning and to refer appropriately to support services.
• Honesty, integrity, transparency and a good sense of humour.
• Fluency in English and excellent communication skills: written, spoken and public presentations.
• Enthusiastic commitment to participate in Professional Learning for own development, including personal supervision and supervision of intern counsellors.
• Ability to model compassion in action through self-care.
• Staff should be willing and eager to participate in the five key elements of a UWCSEA education: Academic; Personal & Social Education; Service; Activities; Outdoor Education.
• A flexible approach and a collaborative style are essential in meeting the emerging needs of the team and the school.

Applications

The UWC Mission is to make education a force to unite people, nations and culture for peace and a sustainable future. We are committed to creating a community in which all members feel safe and secure, and know that their authentic selves and individual differences are accepted with respect and care. At UWCSEA, we acknowledge that diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) is an ongoing and evolving process and strive to create and sustain a sense of belonging for all members of our community, past, present and future. All qualified applicants, including those who identify as a part of marginalized group(s) and individuals with (dis)abilities are all encouraged to apply. Our school 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 and all appointments are subject to interview, satisfactory references, identity and criminal record checks.

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