School Counsellor (full-time)

School Counsellor (full-time)

Curro is an independent schooling provider that offers quality education from the early childhood development phase to Grade 12. Curro prides itself on providing an ethical, values-based environment and offers learner-centric, balanced, innovative and relevant curricula across schools.

Curro seeks to appoint a School Counsellor (full-time) at Curro Wilgeheuwel in Roodepoort to commence duties in January 2027

Vacancy Reference: 30050

Curro Wilgeheuwel has a position available for a School Counsellor.

Curro is an equal-opportunity employer; therefore, preference will be given to EE candidates.

Key performance areas

• Carrying out counselling sessions on an individual, group or class level as part of an integrated preventive and intervention service;
• Contributing actively to the development of the school counselling programme in support of the holistic development of each learner;
• Assisting in the development and nurturing of an enabling school culture and helping learners become empowered for positive action and change;
• Intervening to allow learners to manage more effectively their life circumstances and to manage their lives more effectively;
• Assisting learners to develop their personal, social and autonomous learning skills;
• Counselling learners and their parents with respect to intra- and interpersonal issues and behavioural problems;
• Preparing reports and maintaining records on learners;
• Making the necessary referrals according to established policies and procedures;
• Adopting preventive measures that empower learners to avoid problems as much as possible;
• Providing a continuum of preventative, developmental, remedial, and intervention services and programmes and facilitating referral to resources and services at both community and national levels.

Qualifications, experience and skills

• Honours in Social Work, master’s in psychology;
• Relevant experience in a similar position;
• A passion for children;
• Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills;
• An energetic, positive approach to their vocation;
• Patience and compassion to work with children who need advice;
• The skills to deal with children, parents and staff;
  Ability to remain calm in any situation yet solve problems quickly in an emergency;;
• A clear criminal record.

Closing date: 01 October 2026.

Please apply online via Curro Recruitment Portal