Yasmina American School is Located in the heart of Khalifa City A, and is committed to providing every child with an exceptional education that’s both high-quality and affordable. With a comprehensive American curriculum from Pre-KG to Grade 5, we focus on unlocking each child’s potential in a supportive and engaging environment.
Our passionate teachers and state-of-the-art facilities create the ideal setting for academic excellence and personal development. At Yasmina American School, we make outstanding education accessible, equipping your child to thrive in and beyond the classroom.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.
Main Duties
MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Help students enhance personal, social, and academic growth and wellbeing
- Monitor the progress of individual students and provide necessary interventions.
- Communicate with parents to discuss student behaviour or support needs
- Take steps to prevent bullying and support victims of bullying
- Assist students in understanding and managing social, behaviour, and personal problems
- Deliver therapeutic intervention based on the need of the individuals and provide referral to external services as needed
- 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[SH1]
- Collaborate with the Safeguarding and Child Protection Team
- Work closely with the Inclusion Team
Specific Duties
- Support individual and group sessions on social, emotional and development issues.
- Maintain an awareness of cultural influences regarding social development of adolescents and deliver culturally sensitive therapies
- Monitor students who may be at risk in regards to social and emotional issues and in consultation with the CPC and/or Head of Inclusion,, make appropriate referrals for interventions outside of school in consultation with parents.
- Promote wellbeing of students via whole school and community awareness initiatives.
- Work closely with the pastoral team and safeguarding leads to promote the safety and happiness of students.
Emotional Support: Help individuals navigate personal challenges such as stress, anxiety, grief, or trauma.
Social Skills Development: Teach communication, conflict resolution, and relationship-building skills.
Behavioral Guidance: Assist students in managing emotions, self-regulation, and impulse control.
Mental Health Awareness: Identify signs of mental health concerns and provide referrals if necessary.
Crisis Intervention: Offer immediate support during emotional crises or conflicts.
Collaboration: Work with teachers, parents, employers, and social workers to create supportive environments
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Counselling/ Bachelor of Psychology
- DOH Approval
- Department of Community Development (DCD) License
Minimum Experience
- Minimum of 2 year of experience in school counselling or other counselling experience required
Job Specific Knowledge & Skills
• Appropriate license to carryout 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
• Maintains the highest levels of confidentiality and professionalism
What We Offer:
Aldar Education are a family of world-class, child centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 38,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff and so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching and training.
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.