A leading International Boarding School located in Lagos State urgently requires the services of suitable candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Male Counselor
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate services concerning the students, under supervision of the VPP
- Plan to meet individually with each student at least once a year to develop an individualized counselling plan.
- Conduct assessments to identify counselling needs for students and develop programs to meet those needs.
- Provide direct support services to students, individually, in small groups or/and classrooms, dealing with on-going student issues (e.g. adjustment to boarding school, Bullying, peer pressure, family issues, violence, organizational skills, time management, and Academic problems).
- Be available to students and follow up on issues, and make timely responses to students, parents, and teachers.
- Complete written reports as needed or as requested by the VPP.
- Make oral presentations to students on varying counselling topics
- Assist in planning Orientation programmes for incoming JSS1
- Assist in developing a year calendar of counselling activities for the whole school.
- Serve as a resource for, teachers, staff, and parents regarding the developmental, educational and career needs of students.
- Help resolve student/teacher conflicts by meeting with the student(s) and teacher(s) individually or in groups to determine the nature and extent of the problem and to outline possible remedial strategies.
- Help coordinate and/or arrange for visits from college representatives and for college fairs.
- Maintain written records of all interactions with students, parent, teachers, interventions, as well as decisions made.
- Assist in writing letters of recommendation for students, as required.
- Be in charge of production of transcripts
- Maintain confidentiality and observe the counselling code of ethics and legal guidelines.
- Model appropriate behaviour with student, parent, and colleague interactions.
- Stay current in the counselling field by participating in professional development activities.
- Coordinate the Character Counts program with the assistance of the VPP
- Perform any other duties assigned by the VPP or Principal
Areas of Focus
Academic:
- Develop a plan to meet with all junior students once a year in a pro-active way to develop a counseling plan, review student progress, identify any problems and ways to deal with them.
- Make sure you have a file on every student, and record what you discussed with the student, decision made and follow up plans, and make sure you follow up
- Develop a counseling schedule for students with needs and meet with them regularly to work on the presenting issues.
- Conduct yearly counseling needs assessments for the junior students and develop programs addressing issues identified.
- Invite parents to attend an individual counseling session with their child at least once a year. You can take advantage of visiting days, resumption days, or any other days when parents come to school.
- Develop a calendar of counseling activities. You can divide these by months, e.g. September could focus on issues to do with adjustment to boarding school/back to school activities, October on peer pressure etc...
- You can include issues identified in the needs assessment in the calendar
- Develop well organized programs to address the identified needs. Choose a delivery system that will ensure that targeted students get the information.
- Give yourself time for planning, and inform the school counselor of your plans.
- Work closely with the year tutors as well as individual teachers on student issues.
Responsive services:
- Be available for his/her students all the time and be ready to intervene and give timely responses in a crisis situation.
- Monitor JSS1 during time around their lockers (because that is when fights occur) and intervene appropriately.
- Liaise with heads of boarding, clinic regarding sick students who present themselves to the counseling office.
- Coordinate services concerning the students, under supervision of the VPP
- Conduct assessments to identify counselling needs for students and develop programs to meet those needs.
- Provide direct support services to students, individually, in small groups or/and classrooms, dealing with on-going student issues (e.g. adjustment to boarding school, Bullying, peer pressure, family issues, violence, organizational skills, time management, and Academic problems).
- Be available to students and follow up on issues, and make timely responses to students, parents, and teachers.
- Complete written reports as needed or as requested by the VPP.
- Make oral presentations to students on varying counselling topics
- Serve as a resource for, teachers, staff, and parents regarding the developmental, educational and career needs of students.
- Help resolve student/teacher conflicts by meeting with the student(s) and teacher(s) individually or in groups to determine the nature and extent of the problem and to outline possible remedial strategies.
- Help coordinate and/or arrange for visits from college representatives and for college fairs.
- Maintain written records of all interactions with students, parent, teachers, interventions, as well as decisions made.
- Assist in writing letters of recommendation for students, as required.
- Be in charge of production of transcripts
- Maintain confidentiality and observe the counselling code of ethics and legal guidelines.
- Model appropriate behaviour with student, parent, and colleague interactions.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the VPP or Principal.
Qualifications, Experience, Skills, and Competencies
- B.Sc. / B. Sc Ed / PGDE / M.Ed. in Guidance Counselling or Psychology
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience of coaching, managing and coordinating students’ in the educational sector
- An enthusiastic, energetic, ambitious, and smart individual with a resounding track record of success as a Counselor
- Knowledge of child policy regulation and its implementation
- Quality exposure to British and Nigerian curricula.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Application Closing Date
23rd January, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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