Student Counselor (wellness)

Responsibilities :

• Be a good listener and communicate with children in a way that they can relate to or understand.
• Provide individual and group counselling services to help students to cope effectively with personal, social and emotional concerns.
• Frequent monitoring of the child’s progress for further intervention if required.
• Observing children and identifying strengths and areas of improvement.
• Is readily accessible to students, staff and parents.
• Collaborating with teachers, parents administrators and supporting agencies to work as a team to help the student.
• Assist students in crisis, provide counselling, and make appropriate referrals as necessary.
• When students need additional support, provide a list of referral resources (both online and offline resources). Provide multiple referral options and encourage parents to make a personal decision regarding the best source of assistance.
• Involving the parents wherever needed, so that they understand the interventions and provide support at home.
• Communicates in a manner which facilitates collaboration between the counsellor and administration.
• Abides by ethical standards, and maintains confidentiality of students and their families unless there is a safety concern, in such cases, school policy and guidelines on Child Safeguarding for BIS should be strictly adhered to.
• Updates and maintains confidential student records and student files.
• Maintain and protect the student’s record. Disclosing personal data should be under the requirement of the law or school’s Child Safeguarding policy.
• Maintain appropriate professional relationships with students all the time.
• Offering resources to students and their families will help enhance the emotional and social development of the students.
• Conducts Wellness sessions for students through planned activities to impart education and information relating to physical, social and emotional well-being.
• Keeps abreast with the latest evidence-based strategies.
• Provides in–service and workshops to students, staff and parents.
• Is responsive to the concerns expressed by teachers regarding student problems.
• Is responsive to the concerns expressed by parents regarding student problems.
• Utilize appropriate professional development opportunities.