Job Description

SECONDARY COUNSELLOR

This temporary Counselling vacancy is a part-time position for 2 days a week. The successful candidate for this position must have current academic and professional preparation as well as counselling experience at the secondary level.


The candidate must have training and experience in personal counselling with an emphasis on adolescent mental health issues, peer mediation, conflict resolution, self-esteem as well as diverse personal and family issues. This position requires a teacher-counsellor who has consistently established effective working relationships and is willing to work as part of a collaborative and supportive team. RHS counsellors regularly collaborate and consult as a team, with other counsellors, teachers, parents, and administrators and assist in the coordination of services as a member of the School Based Team and as a support liaison with outside agencies for referral purposes. The successful candidate must have a willingness and ability to build caring relationships with a wide range of students, including those who are emotionally and behaviourally at-risk. Genuine and effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential. A strong knowledge base in counselling adolescents in career and academic options, including course selection and related program planning for both the provincial and International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and a wide variety of post-secondary pathways is required. The successful applicant will be knowledgeable and comfortable working with an online administrative software program (i.e. MyEducation BC) for balancing classes, scheduling students and tracking students' marks data and graduation status. It is expected that the applicant will be available to meet with students, parents and others beyond the bell schedule and occasionally provide evening presentations to parents regarding adolescent issues, program planning and post-secondary options.

Qualifications:

5 years classroom teaching experience Certified by the Ministry of Education and Child Care UBC Masters' Degree in School Counselling, or its equivalent, by the start of the assignment


This position is temporary and posted as UTR (or until teacher returns).