Guidance Counsellor Early Childhood

SEK El Castillo International School is looking to immediately hire a Guidance Counselor for the Infant and Primary stages.

To provide comprehensive and specialized support to students in Early Childhood and Primary Education, facilitating their academic, emotional, and social development through personalized interventions that respond to their individual needs. To foster strong communication, social, and emotional skills, preparing students to navigate a globalized and diverse world with confidence and empathy. To promote an international mindset that fosters respect, inclusion, and the ability to adapt to the challenges of a dynamic and constantly changing environment.

• Emotional and Behavioral Support:
  Providing individual and group counseling on topics such as self-esteem, emotional management, and conflict resolution. Working with students at risk of school exclusion or with adjustment difficulties.
• Diagnostic Assessments:
  Conduct diagnostic assessments for students from preschool through sixth grade, identifying a variety of educational and developmental needs.
• Case monitoring:
  Track and record students who require special support. Document progress and adjust strategies based on student results and academic achievements.
• Participation in the admissions process:
  Interview and diagnostic evaluation of newly admitted students.
• Individualized Intervention Plans:
  Develop and implement individualized intervention plans for students with a wide range of needs, including articulation disorders, central auditory processing, language delays, phonological disorders and social language deficiencies, as well as other educational difficulties.
• Classroom support: educational support for students with identified delays and disabilities, adapting methods and materials to meet their individual needs.
• Collaboration with teachers and families: consulting with teachers and coordination to support the comprehensive development of students in the general education classroom, providing strategies and resources that promote an inclusive and effective environment for all students.
• Communication: participate in communicating student progress and assessments to families.
• Planning Activities and Workshops:
  Organize workshops on social skills, bullying prevention, stress management, and other key areas for student well‑being. Coordinate vocational and career guidance activities.
• Meetings:
  Participating in meetings and professional development opportunities, as well as other school and institutional events, and in promoting the values of the center, such as projects, excursions, events and pastoral care of students, as a way of effectively meeting the personal, social (welfare) and academic needs of students and staff.

• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology.
• Proven experience as a counselor with students in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
• Previous experience in international educational environments.
• C1 level of English.
• Proficiency in office automation tools (Microsoft Office).
• High communication and empathy skills.
• Knowledge in psychopedagogy and vocational guidance.
• Ability to work in a team and collaborate in an interdisciplinary manner.
• Adaptability to multicultural and dynamic environments.

• Permanent contract.
• Full day:
  Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Immediate start.