Job Scope:
Key Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group counselling to students with supervision from Senior School Counsellor.
- Working in close coordination with Senior School Counsellor to confer with staff, parents, and external professionals/agencies about students being counselled conduct home visits when needed.
- Refer students and their families to community resources or external professionals when required with coordination and oversight from Senior School Counsellor.
- Working in close coordination with Senior School Counsellor to provide direct crisis intervention and follow-up support for critical incidents (e.g., trauma, major behavioral/mental health issues).
- Maintain case consultationrecords, proper documentation and updates to school management on the students progress.
- Provide support to Senior Counsellor in developing and implementing a school-wide counselling program(including needs analysis, planning, evaluation) and support school staff(training/consultation) around student wellness.
- Collaborate on a frequentbasis with teachers, parents, school leaders, and external agencies such asFSCs, MSF, ComLink and VWOs to build the social-emotional well-beingenvironment in the school.
- Collaborate with schoolpersonnel where required on content creation and teaching resources.
Operational Scope
- With guidance from SeniorSchool Counsellor, conduct one-to-one sessions, small-group work (forsocial-skills, peer support, specific issues), and larger-group or school-wideprograms/workshops (e.g., resilience, social-emotional learning) for Tier 2 and 3 students.
- Facilitate small-group sessions such as circle time,journaling, or goal setting to promote self-awareness, resilience, andsocial-emotional growth.
- Liase with parents and teachers: for example, discussing student issues, advising on support strategies.
- Together with Senior School Counsellor, perform home visits or liaise with external social/health agencies(FSCs, MSF, ComLink and VWOs) especially for more complex student needs.
- Maintain records, monitor theprogress of students under their care, and contribute to school policy orprogram reviews for student wellness.
Requirements:
Qualifications
- Applicants must minimally possess a diploma or equivalent in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling or counselling qualifications recognized by the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC) or related field.
- Familiarity with the counselling approaches relevant to children between the age of 7 to 12, including frameworks such as Choice Theory, Narrative Therapy, Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Adlerian Play Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Counselling etc.
Skills:
- Strong interpersonal skills, empathy for students with cultural-sensitivity, resilience
- Team player with a strong desire to contribute towards the betterment of the school.
- Competence in basic IT systems (e.g., Microsoft Office, student management systems) for documentation and reporting
Experience:
- Preferably with at least two years of relevant experience in school / community-based social work, youth work, or related educational settings (primary and/or secondary schools)
- Experience working with adolescents/students in preventive, developmental, or intervention programs
- Familiarity with collaboration with schools, parents, and community agencies to support student well-being
- Experience facilitating after-school programs or group work sessions is an advantage.
Working Hours: Four (4) days per week, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(inclusive of a 30-minute lunch break), with the working days to be mutuallyagreed upon by the Personnel and the Authority.
- Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays, gazetted public holidays and June schools holidays
Contract Period: 1 Jan 2026 to 30 Nov 2026
Location: Bedok
EA License No: 96C4864
Reg. No.: R24121728 EUNICE WOO JING QI
