School Counselor; Paulshof Primary

Overview

Nova Pioneer is looking for a Registered School Counselor to provide social wellness, psychological, and learning support to students across our Nova Pioneer South Africa schools. The School Psychologist will help to implement a comprehensive school psychology program in collaboration with teachers and Deans that addresses the academic and personal development needs of our students.

Imagine a world in which every young person across Africa attends a school that truly sets them up for success in the 21st century. A school that cares about individual students and allows them to explore the world around them. A school that focuses more on developing skills than on memorizing content. At Nova Pioneer, we have done more than just imagine this future, we are bringing it to life.

Nova Pioneer is a pan-African, independent network of schools offering high-quality, accessible education from pre-primary through secondary school. Nova Pioneer uses a unique, enquiry-based learning approach that encourages students to ask “why” instead of telling them the “what”. It allows them to form their own thinking through exploration, investigation and collaboration. Nova Pioneer currently has 14 schools in South Africa and Kenya with a vision to launch 100 schools and reach tens of thousands of students across the African continent in the next decade.

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Nova Pioneer is looking for a Registered School Counselor! As the Counselor, you will have the opportunity to help craft a vision and strategy for student wellness and academic counselling development in our schools. You will be required to travel to the different campuses in the Nova Pioneer South Africa network, however, your primary base will be at our Paulshof Campus.

• Model, live and lead the Nova Culture
• Collaboratively develop a Comprehensive School Counseling Policy with the Principal
• Deliver a Comprehensive School Counselling Program
• Develop and maintain a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on best practice approaches and in line with the school’s ethos
• Communicate the goals of the comprehensive school counseling policy to education stakeholders (administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community/business leaders)
• Maintain current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders
• Provide direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services, and most remaining time in program management, system support, and accountability
• Use data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs
• Provide leadership and collaborate with other educators in the school-wide integration of best practice in counselling
• Implement appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals
• Plug into the life skills programme as guided by the office of the Director of Academics and/or the Principal to support with execution
• Assist all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans
• Make use of data to devise interventions, in consultation with the Principal
• Provide individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs
• Implement an effective referral and follow-up process as needed
• Accurately and appropriately use assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services. Consult the Principal if there is the need to invite an external service provider for the whole school, or for students, or for members of staff
• Provide appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive school counseling program
• Assist teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data
• Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills
• Use available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program
• Adhere to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession
• Collaborate with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with…