Secondary School Counsellor

Garden International School - Kuala Lumpur; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development

Wellbeing time

CPD support

Job summary

Garden International School in Kuala Lumpur seeks an experienced School Counsellor to support students emotionally and socially. The role involves individual and group therapies, crisis intervention, and collaboration with parents and staff to promote student wellbeing.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic School Counselling Team, contribute to ongoing CPD, and engage in school-wide wellbeing initiatives within a leading international school environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of working with emotional, social and behavioral difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group counselling for students.

Skills

Counselling

One-to-one counselling

Group counselling

Crisis intervention

Confidentiality & safeguarding

Communication with parents & staff

ICT for counselling

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for Malaysian or Expat candidates to join and work collaboratively with our successful team of school counsellors at Garden International School. We are looking for an innovative, dynamic and experienced School Counsellor with the ability to work therapeutically with students in secondary, with a growth mindset and high expectations. The School Counselling Team provides therapeutic support through-out the school’s ecosystem, providing individual therapy, group work and systemic interventions into the community such as parent workshops and pastoral liaison

GIS is a well-resourced and successful international school with great facilities and a reputation for academic excellence; we place the success of each and every student at the center of our mission. GIS is a family, and with our fantastic students, dedicated and motivated team of excellent teachers and support staff, it truly is a wonderful place to learn and teach.

The school is focused on creating the best environments for our learners to grow and develop academically, emotionally, physically and socially. With a positive and progressive outlook, based on the latest research, we seek to constantly improve the provision for learning. With over 75 hours dedicated to CPD every year, as well as a keen focus on staff and student well-being, we are constantly striving for excellence, both as practitioners and for our learners. Continuing professional development for Counsellors is strongly supported and external supervision is provided by the school. As an ‘Apple Distinguished’ school, GIS uses the latest technology to enhance learning and provide a 1:1 device programme and use Google Apps for Education as our main learning platform.

Successful candidate must:

Have a proven track record of outstanding practice working with a wide variety of emotional, social and behavioral difficulties

Have confidence in working one-to-one and with and small groups

Be able to support parents and staff regarding the emotional wellbeing of students

Be able to keep secure and suitable case records on counselling interventions via the school designated platform.

Be able to balance the need for confidentiality in therapy, whilst maintaining strong links with pastoral and safeguarding teams.

Be able to hold appropriate therapeutic boundaries in an interconnected school culture, where staff can hold multiple roles in relationships.

Good awareness of cultural differences.

Be able to provide crisis intervention

Have a warm and relatable personality and able to engage and motivate children, parents and staff

Be able to utilise verbal and non verbal therapeutic approaches such as play or art.

Be a reflective, flexible practitioner with the ability to think creatively and take risks

Have an ability to use ICT to support and enhance the counselling process

Be able to engage with monthly clinical supervision with a qualified supervisor

Have the interpersonal skills needed to work successfully within teams and contribute to data driven service development.

Have the skills to be able to present ideas and emotive topics to stakeholders.

We will provide:

A competitive salary and benefits package

A professionally stimulating and collaborative working environment with ongoing Professional Development and weekly Professional Learning and Wellbeing time

The closing date for applications is 6 November 2026.

Garden International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all offers of employment are subject to a criminal record check (ICPC or equivalent).