School Counsellor - Student Wellbeing
Posted date [2026-05-06]
(ID: 44900)
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Aldar Education is a leading education provider in the UAE, delivering inclusive, sustainable, and innovative learning experiences that inspire students and support community development. The organization offers a diverse portfolio of educational brands, covering all stages from early years to adult learning, with a wide range of curricula across multiple locations in Abu Dhabi and beyond. With a mix of owned and managed schools, Aldar Education ensures high standards in teaching, modern facilities, and a supportive environment for students, educators, and staff, maintaining a strong commitment to quality education and continuous improvement.... |
Job Snapshot
Role: School Counsellor - Student Wellbeing
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Industry: Primary-Secondary Education
Function: Social Service
Experience: Minimum 2 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
School Counsellor - Student Wellbeing in Abu Dhabi, UAE is a supportive Primary-Secondary Education opportunity for a licensed counselling professional who can promote student wellbeing, emotional development, social growth, and academic confidence within an American curriculum school. This role is ideal for a qualified school counsellor with strong confidentiality standards, parent communication skills, and the ability to provide preventive, developmental, and therapeutic support to students.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Primary-Secondary Education
Function: Social Service
Salary: 10000-17000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The School Counsellor - Student Wellbeing role supports students at Mubarak Bin Mohammed Charter School C1 by helping them manage personal, social, behavioural, and academic challenges in a caring and secure school environment. The counsellor will monitor individual student progress, provide guidance to families, support positive behaviour, and deliver suitable interventions when students require additional emotional or developmental support.
This position plays an important role in safeguarding, student confidence, bullying prevention, conflict resolution, and early identification of concerns that may affect learning or wellbeing. The successful candidate will work closely with students, parents, teachers, leadership teams, and external services where required.
Key Responsibilities
* Support students in developing personal, social, behavioural, and academic growth.
* Monitor the progress and wellbeing of individual students across the school.
* Communicate with parents to discuss student behaviour, emotional concerns, or support needs.
* Help students understand and manage social, behavioural, and personal challenges.
* Deliver counselling support based on individual student needs.
* Provide therapeutic intervention where appropriate and refer students to external services when required.
* Promote preventive and developmental counselling to help students build life skills before challenges become more serious.
* Support students in developing confidence, resilience, communication, and problem-solving skills.
* Take steps to prevent bullying and provide support to students affected by bullying.
* Provide conflict resolution support and help students manage peer relationships in a healthy way.
* Identify concerns such as domestic abuse, family challenges, or other issues that may affect student development.
* Support students with practical future-readiness skills such as resume writing and interview preparation where age appropriate.
* Maintain accurate, confidential, and professional counselling records in line with school expectations.
* Work with school teams to promote a caring, respectful, and disciplined learning environment.
* Uphold safeguarding, confidentiality, child protection, and professional counselling standards at all times.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor of Counselling.
* DCD License as School Counsellor is required.
* Minimum 2 years of experience in school counselling or another counselling role.
* Appropriate licence to carry out student counselling.
* Strong interpersonal skills with students, parents, teachers, and school leaders.
* Demonstrable organisational skills with the ability to manage cases and follow up effectively.
* Strong desire to help others and support student development.
* Ability to inspire respect, trust, and confidence among students and families.
* High emotional and physical energy to manage a wide range of student concerns.
* Professional approach to confidentiality, safeguarding, and sensitive information.
* Genuine understanding of the UAE school environment and respect for the values of the region.
Skills Set
* School counselling
* Student wellbeing support
* Preventive counselling
* Developmental counselling
* Therapeutic intervention
* Behaviour support
* Social and emotional learning
* Bullying prevention
* Conflict resolution
* Parent communication
* Student progress monitoring
* Confidential case management
* Safeguarding awareness
* External referral coordination
* Emotional resilience support
* Academic and personal guidance
* DCD counselling compliance
Why Join Us
* Support student wellbeing in a respected Abu Dhabi American curriculum school.
* Play a meaningful role in helping students build confidence, resilience, discipline, and personal growth.
* Work in a caring school environment focused on academic excellence, mutual respect, and secure learning.
* Build your career in Abu Dhabi’s established Primary-Secondary Education sector.
* Collaborate with parents, teachers, and school leaders to improve student outcomes and wellbeing.
* Contribute to a school community that values national heritage, lifelong learning, safeguarding, and student success.
About the Company
Aldar Education is a leading education group in Abu Dhabi, operating a wide network of owned and managed schools across the UAE. Through its charter, American Curriculum, British curriculum, and international school pathways, Aldar Education supports high-quality learning, student wellbeing, safeguarding, inclusion, and professional school environments where students can grow with confidence and purpose.
