School Guidance Counsellor

Manurewa High School; Auckland; On-site; NZD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Manurewa High School in Auckland seeks an experienced counsellor to join the Student Support Services Team. You will advocate and counsel young people aged 12-18, conduct risk assessments, and collaborate with external agencies to support student wellbeing.

The role requires excellent admin skills, proficiency in MS Office, and strong communication and interpersonal abilities. NZAC or DAPAANZ registration is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience advocating and counselling young people aged 12–18.
• Experience in risk assessment using therapeutic models.
• Experience working with multiple external agencies and community groups.
• Excellent administrative skills with MS Office and databases.
• Strong oral, written and listening communication and interpersonal skills.
• Counselling qualification with NZAC or DAPAANZ registration.

Skills

Counselling

Risk assessment

External agencies collaboration

Administrative skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

MS Office

Databases

NZ Counselling registration

Education

Counselling qualification with NZAC/DAPAANZ registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Databases

Job description

We’re upgrading the Education Gazette website on Monday morning. It will be unavailable for up to 3 hours from 9am.

About the role

We are one of the largest multicultural schools in New Zealand, with over 2400 students representing more than 60 nationalities, a true reflection of Taamaki Makaurau.

We are led strongly by our educational framework Te Ara O Taawhaki and our values of respect, excellence, whanaungatanga and akoranga. They guide how we work together as a school community and our student motivation and achievement is strong, through the hard work and dedication of a caring and professional staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced counsellor to join a large collaborative Student Support Services Team.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Proven experience in advocating and counselling young people aged 12-18 years old.
• Proven experience in risk assessment and using a range of therapeutic models.
• Proven experience in working across multiple external agencies and local community groups.
• Excellent administrative skills and competency in standard Microsoft office applications and databases.
• Excellent communication (oral, written and listening) and interpersonal skills.
• Qualification in Counselling with registration from NZAC or DAPAANZ.