School Counsellor

Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, City Campus (Primary only) Position: School Counsellor Department: Student Support Key Responsibilities: The School Counsellor reports directly to the Vice Principal as part of the Wellbeing team and has the following key responsibilities and duties: ● Work closely with other members of the team to; ○ Actively contribute to ‘Team Around the Child’ TAC meetings, providing professional insight, collaborative planning, and coordinated support strategies. ○ evaluate referral of students, discuss needs and options for the most appropriate and available support in each case ○ Manage and prioritise a responsive counselling caseload, allocating time and support resources effectively according to student need, safeguarding concerns, and overall wellbeing ○ liaise and attend meetings with other departments in the school, external support agencies and professionals as required ● Allocate time between school-wide wellbeing needs assessment and preventative interventions, and the delivery of short-term, solution-focused counselling for individual students and groups (up to six sessions). ● Taylor school counselling programmes by undertaking school wide needs assessment surveys and review of student data e.g. (Bounce Together) ● Develop the school counselling policy with the Well being team. ● Maintain appropriate records for student referrals and ensure confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of work and provide termly quantitative data reports ● Provide timely, evidence-informed support to teaching staff regarding students’ social, emotional and mental health needs ● Provide strategies for effective classroom intervention and wellbeing support. ● Design and deliver parent workshops in response to identified wellbeing needs, supporting understanding of child development, emotional wellbeing, and mental health. ● Provide supportive parent drop-in opportunities for consultation, guidance, and discussion around student wellbeing co