Social Worker; UAE National Yasmina British Academy - AY

Overview

Job Description
Yasmina British Academy is an outstanding English Curriculum school in Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners and outstanding teaching and learning, Yasmina British Academy is an exceptional place to work. It has an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level results in the UAE.

Our learning culture is underpinned by our core values of excellence, respect, passion, collaboration and creativity, allowing all students to thrive. Furthermore, the Academy is extremely proud of its recent ADEK inspection, which rated Yasmina British Academy as ‘Outstanding’ in all six performance standards, putting it amongst the top schools in the UAE and Middle East.

Yasmina British Academy has recently moved to a new multi-building campus incorporating state of the art facilities that has enabled our teachers and students to flourish, fostering a future focused educational experience while also delivering on our environmental commitments to supply sustainable schools to the UAE. This modern facility is more than just a school, acting as a social, sporting and performance hub for both the local and international communities of the city.

The new campus enables us to add even more value to our currently outstanding educational provision, whilst utilising the reputation of Aldar Academies’ brand to positively impact the lives of our learning community in the UAE.

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.

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Note:

The job description may be amended by Aldar Education at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application to our company.

• Bachelor of Science/Education in Social Work
• Minimum of 1 year experience
• DCD License
• Appropriate license to carry out 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

This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company.

Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.