Social Worker - UAEN - The Pearl British Academy - AY 25/26

Aldar Education; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar Education seeks a UAEN Social Worker for The Pearl British Academy, starting June 2025. This role involves providing professional leadership and management to enhance student growth and well-being in a diverse school environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in school counselling required.
• Appropriate license to carry out student counselling.

Responsibilities

• Help students enhance personal, social, and academic growth.
• Monitor the progress of individual students.
• Provide special services such as conflict resolution classes.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Emotional Resilience

Education

Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work

Job description

Job Description

Aldar Education is seeking a UAEN Social Worker for The Pearl British Academy in Abu Dhabi commencing in June 2025. The Pearl British Academy is a diverse private international English school located in the heart of Abu Dhabi city. Serving students from Nursery Year 6 we follow the National Curriculum of England. To provide professional leadership and management for the department in order to secure high quality teaching and learning, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students. This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi's leading school group. The successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and possess a genuine understanding and appreciation of the values of the region.

Responsibilities

Main Duties:

• Help students enhance personal, social, and academic growth
• Monitor the progress of individual students
• Make contact with parents to discuss student behaviour
• Take steps to prevent bullying and support victims of bullying
• Help students develop job search skills, such as resume writing and interviewing techniques
• Help students understand and deal with social, behaviour, and personal problems
• Emphasize preventive and developmental counselling to provide students with life skills needed to deal with problems before they worsen and to enhance students personal, social, and academic growth.
• Provide special services such as conflict resolution classes; identify cases of domestic abuse and other family problems that can affect a student's development.
  
  

Specific Duties:

GROUP COUNSELLING:

• Identifies areas that would be appropriate for intervention in the form of group counselling and regularly forms and leads appropriate groups.
• Utilizes both large (classroom) groups and small groups to make appropriate academic and behavioural interventions.
  
  

CAREER COUNSELING:

• Coordinates with the Counsellors regarding career options for students and provides appropriate information to students regarding careers.
• Assists the counsellors in providing students with information for career exploration and selection to assist them in making appropriate academic course selections relating to their interests.
• Maintains an appropriate library/database relating to various careers for students to utilize in their career explorations.
  
  

PERSONAL COUNSELLING:

• Works with individual students and groups of students in regards to appropriate social development issues.
• Maintains an awareness of cultural influences regarding social development of adolescents.
• Monitors students who may be at risk in regards to social issues and makes appropriate referrals for interventions outside of school in consultation with parents.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work
  
  

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 1 year experience in school counselling or other counselling experience required
  
  

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Appropriate license to carryout student counselling
• Strong interpersonal skills with both students and parents
• Demonstrable organizational skills
• Strong desire to help others and should be able to inspire respect, trust, and confidence
• Must possess high emotional and physical energy to handle the array of problems addressed
• Ability to work under pressure, problem-solve, deal with challenging situations and be resilient
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD)
• A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services check or police check