School Counsellor (Cover)
Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park
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Job summary
The School Counsellor (Cover) at Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park in Shah Alam supports student wellbeing through a developmental counselling program, helping learners build personal and social skills for academic success.
You will collaborate with safeguarding teams, engage with parents and staff, assess student needs, provide individual and group sessions, and monitor progress to ensure students become confident, well-rounded global citizens.
Qualifications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to create a safe and welcoming environment.
- Team player and collaborative mindset.
- Works well with and cares for children.
- Demonstrated empathy in guiding student wellbeing.
Responsibilities
- Guide the development and implement a school counselling program that focuses on and promotes students’ wellbeing.
- Support the school safeguarding team.
- Value, and respond to, the diversity and individual differences of students.
- Ensure equitable access to opportunities and rigorous curriculum for all students.
- Provide direct support services through structured conventions.
- Evaluate areas of strength and advocate students.
- Provide group or individual responsive services.
- Collaborate and consult with parents, teachers, community organisations and other stakeholders.
- Perform assessments, interpret tests and study student records.
- Gather and analyze data to measure results.
Skills
Education
Job description
The role of a School Counsellor (Cover) is to support the wellbeing of the student community. Assisting students to develop personal or social competencies through a comprehensive and developmental counselling program and prepare for academic achievement. The goal is to ensure that students will become productive and well-adjusted adults.
Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park, Kuala Lumpur campus is a large 3-18 school located on a green 20-acre site with excellent facilities and offers a welcoming, inclusive and stimulating place to work. We love learning and we are continually getting better. We are extremely proud to be the flagship school in the region.
We are a unique campus, home to Tenby International School, which consists of a Primary, and Secondary School (IPC, National Curriculum for England, CIE, IGCSE and A Level) and a Malaysian Private School, Sekolah Sri Tenby (Malaysian National Curriculum). The campus welcomes over 2000 amazing students, aged from 3 to 18 years and from 38 nationalities; with 1350 attending the international school, 600 of whom will be in the primary school. We celebrate being Asian and love the fact that we combine international thinking to create a diverse and exciting campus.
We believe in creating “Amazing Learning Experiences” for our communities. Working collaboratively to help children be ready for the world and the contribution they can make locally and globally.
We believe that all students learn though good struggles and this at times needs to be consolidated using a variety of teaching methods. Taking risks, being resilient and showing creativity and adaptability for all our communities is important in our learning process. Our students go onto some of the top universities in the world and if they don’t, go into careers and colleges of their choice.
We are an honest campus and enjoy being self-reflective, so we can self-improve together to create amazing learning experiences more often than not. We are not perfect but strive to be the best we can.
We have lots of accreditation's just to show the world that we know what we are doing, including being the first school globally to be gain full accreditation by the Council of International Schools (CIS), for both TIS and SST schools. We hold the certificates for CIE, IPC, Microsoft, Duke of Edinburgh's Award and are one of 15 schools in Malaysia to hold the Green Flag Award.
Tenby Schools SEP is proud to be part of International Schools Partnership (ISP) a fast-growing global schools’ group in six clusters across the world; Europe, Mexico & Central America, the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia and the USA. Our Regional cluster includes other Tenby schools across Malaysia. As a teacher you will be supported by the Head of Department, Senior Leadership teams and other learning clusters and networks both regionally and globally. We love to talk about learning at all levels, as this is at the core of everything we do!
This is amazing opportunity for you to develop yourself, take a risk or two, meet other like-minded teachers, share learning practice and work collectively with a local and global team. We even have a global learning hub where you can share learning and leadership ideas so we can get better together.
Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.
We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.
Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
- Guide the development and implement a school counselling program that focuses on and promotes students’ wellbeing.
- Support the school safeguarding team.
- Value, and respond to, the diversity and individual differences of students.
- Ensure equitable access to opportunities and rigorous curriculum for all students.
- Provide direct support services through structured conventions.
- Evaluate areas of strength and advocate students.
- Provide group or individual responsive services.
- Collaborate and consult with parents, teachers, community organisations and other stakeholders.
- Perform assessments, interpret tests and study student records.
- Gather and analyze data to measure results.
- A bachelor's degree in psychology, education, social work, or a related field is typically required to start pursuing a career as a school counsellor.
- Registered Counsellor through the Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia (or equivalent licensing authority).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to create a safe and welcoming environment.
- Team player.
- Works well with and cares for children.
- Empathy
- A Culture of trust, where all contributions are recognized and respected.
- A passionate, positive, highly skilled, and motivated team of professionals who put children at the heart of every decision.
- Allocated support through our Campus Senior Leadership Team to support us developing an exceptional school.
- An embedded whole trust commitment to professional development.
- A peer network of like-minded teachers.
- A real commitment to work-life balance – we remember we are human beings first and educators second!
- Great employee benefits.
We care about our whole community, people and adults. Our priority is the safety and wellbeing of our community and to this end we have rigorous safeguarding policies and procedures that we all must follow. Everyone is responsible for safeguarding our children and we have a culture of safeguarding training in all our schools.
All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.
ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.
Initial interviews will be completed Face to Face whenever possible.
Tenby Schools is a rapidly expanding group of international and Malaysian private schools in Malaysia. Having started in Ipoh, there are now also Tenby Schools in Penang, Setia Eco Park in Shah Alam, Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Bahru, Setia Ecohill in Semenyih and Tropicana Aman in Kota Kemuning.
Our vision is “A United World At Peace – Through Education” and is shared by all our schools. We are dedicated to bring together students from different cultures and nationalities and educate them to become the global citizens of the future - young people with respect for one another, confidence in themselves and the determination to become outstanding achievers.
Tenby Schools Ipoh was established in 1960 by British expatriates who wanted their children to receive high-quality education based on the British system. The school started as an expatriate kindergarten that became an international school, Tenby International School (TIS), Ipoh, which later expanded to an private Malaysian school, Sekolah Tenby. TIS, Ipoh is also the first school in the group to offer the Cambridge International A-Level Programme since 2010, alongside the other curricula on the same campus.
Tenby Schools Penang began life as a local kindergarten and a private school, with Tenby International School (TIS), Penang being established in 2007. In 2011, the school moved into its current location, a purpose-built campus conveniently located in Tanjung Bungah. The school complex is equipped with modern facilities, supported by a strong faculty of teaching staff.
Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park is the first purpose-built school in the group. Located on a 20-acre site in the award-winning Setia Eco Park development, the school offers top-class education from Early Years up to the Sixth Form. Since its establishment in 2008, Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park has become one of the most popular international/private schools in the Klang Valley. The school commenced the Cambridge International A-Level Programme in 2012 for its Sixth Form.
Tenby International School, Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Bahru commenced operation in January 2013, offering an international student-centred programme for Early Years, Primary and Secondary students.
Tenby Schools is a rapidly expanding group of international and Malaysian private schools in Malaysia. Having started in Ipoh, there are now also Tenby Schools in Penang, Setia Eco Park in Shah Alam, Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Bahru, Setia Ecohill in Semenyih and Tropicana Aman in Kota Kemuning.
Our vision is “A United World At Peace – Through Education” and is shared by all our schools. We are dedicated to bring together students from different cultures and nationalities and educate them to become the global citizens of the future - young people with respect for one another, confidence in themselves and the determination to become outstanding achievers.
Tenby Schools Ipoh was established in 1960 by British expatriates who wanted their children to receive high-quality education based on the British system. The school started as an expatriate kindergarten that became an international school, Tenby International School (TIS), Ipoh, which later expanded to an private Malaysian school, Sekolah Tenby. TIS, Ipoh is also the first school in the group to offer the Cambridge International A-Level Programme since 2010, alongside the other curricula on the same campus.
Tenby Schools Penang began life as a local kindergarten and a private school, with Tenby International School (TIS), Penang being established in 2007. In 2011, the school moved into its current location, a purpose-built campus conveniently located in Tanjung Bungah. The school complex is equipped with modern facilities, supported by a strong faculty of teaching staff.
Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park is the first purpose-built school in the group. Located on a 20-acre site in the award-winning Setia Eco Park development, the school offers top-class education from Early Years up to the Sixth Form. Since its establishment in 2008, Tenby Schools Setia Eco Park has become one of the most popular international/private schools in the Klang Valley. The school commenced the Cambridge International A-Level Programme in 2012 for its Sixth Form.
Tenby International School, Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Bahru commenced operation in January 2013, offering an international student-centred programme for Early Years, Primary and Secondary students.
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