Student Counsellor And Wellness Coach (Maternity Cover) - Part-Time

Our client is a longstanding education instituition in Singapore

Location: South (Nearest MRT Labrador Park)

Duration: 4 month Maternity Cover Contract (Aug - Nov 2024)

Brief Description

Provide professional and confidential counseling services for students. Resolve student’s psychological (emotional and mental wellbeing) and academic problems; establish and maintain appropriate relationships with support teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an advocate for students providing them formal counseling support.
• Monitor and provide appropriate diagnostic interventions to resolve critical or psychological problems.
• Assist the academic and non- academic team by providing counseling and related services for students and in personal / academic issues.
• Maintain a high level of professional expertise through ongoing professional development and maintaining standards of counseling policies.
• Assist the students to understand cultural differences and provide resolutions befitting the culture of the organization and the student.
• Assist in realistic goal setting and plan to achieve.
• Helping students to cope with academic pressures.
• Provide consistent coaching and feedback for academic and personal success
• Encourage and instill professional attitude (appearance and behavior) as well as facilitate cultural sensitivity.
• Facilitate self-management and readiness to change through workshops and other wellbeing initiatives.
• Need to work as part of a team to respond and contain critical incidents involving students that affect the school.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the Counseling team across all campuses to ensure a consistent level of services delivery to students
• Assist students at point of transition (especially due to dual/tri-city model; or careers).
• Administer and interpret a range of psychometric tests if needed (i.e. DISC, FACET 5, STRONG, etc.)

Skills

• Must have experience in managing counseling desk.
• Must have knowledge of cross- cultural counseling strategies and therapies used for
• student counseling
• Must have knowledge of ethical standards of Counseling and psychotherapy
• Must have expertise in conflict management and people skills.
• Must have worked in a multicultural environment.
• Must be adept in using latest technological tools for documentation
• Must be calm and able to work under pressure.