Counsellor (.50fte)

School

Position

FTE

Grade

Status

Start Date

Student Services

Counsellor

.50

District K-9

Temporary

ASAP to June 30, 2024

This is a district itinerant position reporting to Director of Instruction, Student Services. District Counsellors work as a team with support staff and are responsible for providing counseling services to all schools.

**Qualifications**:
A valid BC teaching certificate

Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology or School Counselling

Successful teaching experience at the elementary school level an asset

Successful experience working with a variety of learners with learning/behaviourial and emotional difficulties and other special needs designated students would be an asset

Experience with students with ongoing and significant behaviourial challenges - both internalizing and externalizing behaviourial issues, social emotional difficulties, and mental health concerns would be an asset

The ability to collect information as to student’s behaviourial needs as well as students with complex emotional/learning needs, typically resulting in the designation of students in a behaviour/mental health Category R and H

Ability to work on a team providing assessment of behaviourial and emotional issues for elementary-aged students. This includes informal assessment of behaviourial issues and as well as formal assessment of behaviour and social skills - including the administration and interpretation of behaviourial assessment instruments

The ability to case manage students with complex profiles (Category R and H) - specifically writing Individual Educational Plans (IEP), and facilitation of the Integrated Case Management Process (ICM) would be an asset

Knowledge of Integrated Case Management (ICM) and the ability to work with outside agencies regarding behaviourial issues and issues related to social awareness

Specific knowledge, strategies and behaviourial interventions to inform and support the School based team as well as the classroom teachers - as to the complexity of student profiles and barriers to their learning from a counselling perspective

Experience and ability to relate and connect with high risk students in a non-judgmental patient and optimistic manner will be an asset

Strong relationship and collaboration skills - working with school-based professionals as well as community partners, students and parents would be an asset

Experience and proven ability to provide individual counselling support to those students designated in Category R and H as well as to coordinate counselling support with outside agencies

Background knowledge of various initiatives towards teaching of “positive behaviour”

Experience providing direction to support staff - such as Child Care Workers to work within the parameters of the student’s Behaviour Plan and/or IEP

Training in the area of non-violent crisis intervention - has taken non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training or Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training

**Job Duties**:
Strong commitment to excellence in teaching and demonstrated teaching ability when working with students with diverse learning needs

Knowledge of practical strategies to implement in the classroom to foster resilient learners and create a Trauma Sensitive Classroom

Strategies to identify emotional and behaviourial difficulties early - to understand obstacles to learning

Excellent written and oral communication skills an asset

Evidence of personal initiative and strong work ethic

Willingness to be involved in professional development with an ongoing commitment to learn and implement new methodologies and strategies

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with students, parents and staff to enhance the school as a learning community

**Schedule**: Wednesday - Alternating, Thursday, Friday

Please note there may be flexibility in the workdays, and they may be changed in consultation with the Principal and the Human Resources Department.

resume

cover letter

recent teaching reports and/or practicum reports

copy of BC Teaching Certificate and/or TQS card or information on current status

The starting annual salary for this position ranges from $57,972-$106,217, with placement on the range based on length of service, FTE and qualifications in accordance with the Collective Agreement.

Why Mission?

We humbly work and learn on the Traditional, Ancestral, Unsurrended and Shared lands of the Stó: lo people, of Sq'éwlets, Leq'á: mel, Sema: th, Matheqwí and Qwó: ltl'el, peoples of this land since time immemorial. We appreciate and embrace the vital role of all Indigenous peoples, groups, organizations, and associations residing on and within these lands. We also acknowledge and share traditional teachings of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers and the sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Worldviews in the curriculum and throughout our workspaces.

Mission Public Schools benefits from being a medium-sized district with rural and urban schoo