School Counsellor

Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts; Canmore; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Rockies School Division is hiring a School Counsellor to support the social and emotional learning of all students, providing personal and academic counselling at the school level.

Duties include collaborating with parents, teaching staff, community agencies and the medical community; promoting development; crisis intervention; and coordinating with psychologists and health professionals to meet student needs.

Qualifications

• Provide personal and academic counselling to students (social-emotional learning).
• Collaborate with Learning Support Team and teachers to support student needs.
• Liaise with outside agencies and service providers for student support.
• Crisis intervention at family and school level.
• Coordinate with psychologists, health therapists and other agencies for assessments and programming.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with parents, teaching staff, community agencies and medical professionals.
• Promote personal and social development appropriate to students' developmental stage.
• Participate on committees focused on community and school initiatives.
• Lead and participate in school-based health and well-being initiatives.
• Support transition planning and student support leadership activities.

Job description

Canadian Rockies School Division is hiring a School Counsellor will support the social and emotional learning of all students. Duties include providing personal and academic counselling services at the school level, supporting the Learning Support Team, liaising with outside agencies and service providers, and working directly with students, parents, school and district staff, including teachers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with parents, teaching staff, community agencies and the medical community.
• Promoting personal and social development appropriate to children's developmental stage.
• Participating on various committees focused on community, division and school initiatives.
• Crisis intervention at family and school level.
• Collaborate with teachers and educational assistants to support programming needs of students.
• Working cooperatively with psychologists, teachers, health therapists, medical agencies and other outside agencies to coordinate the delivery of required assessments and programming to ensure successful integration of students within the school.
• Research and remain current with best practices within the area of counselling and social/emotional learning.Establishment and implementation of a school guidance and counselling program that provides service along a continuum of support to best meet the needs of all learners in the school.
• Collaboration in the development of Functional Behavioural Assessment for students.
• Collaborating with administration on transition planning.
• Being a member of the school's student support leadership team.
• Leading school based health and well-being initiatives.