School Counselor

About This Role

This role involves empowering students to thrive academically, socially, and personally across two school locations. The School Counselor will provide individual support and facilitate workshops for students, teachers, and parents, contributing to a safe and inclusive school culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual counselling and support for students facing academic, personal, or social challenges
• Organise and facilitate workshops and programmes for students, teachers, and parents on topics including teamwork, conflict resolution, self-organisation, resilience, and personal development
• Provide prevention and intervention in cases of conflict, bullying, and crisis situations
• Participate in and help to shape field trips, class trips, and projects to strengthen the sense of community
• Cooperate closely with teachers, school leadership, and parents in supporting students with special needs
• Collaborate with external partners and counselling centres
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and supportive school culture through safeguarding initiatives, prevention work, and collaboration with the wider school community

Requirements

• Completed degree in social work, social pedagogy, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of professional experience in guidance counselling or social work with children, adolescents and parents, ideally in a school setting
• Working proficiency in both English and German
• High intercultural competencies as well as excellent communication skills
• Independent, solution-oriented, and responsible approach to work

Benefits

• Additional benefits (e.g. monthly ticket for public transport, comprehensive company pension schemes, relocation support, Corporate Benefits Portal)
• Five days of additional paid sick leave to care for an ill child
• Reduced rates for school or kindergarten fees
• Supported continuous professional development and training opportunities
• Support with paperwork for residency and work permits
• Trusting relationship between teachers, teaching assistants and students as well as a cooperative parent community

Important Details

• Employment type: full-time or part-time
• Schedule: 3 days per week in Dreieich, 2 days per week in Frankfurt City

About the Company

Strothoff International School is a bilingual, international school following both the Hessian education plan and the international IB curriculum. On its campus in Dreieich (near Frankfurt), it offers around 400 children and young people access to German-English language acquisition. The school is part of the Phorms Education SE network of bilingual schools and nurseries, which has been enriching the educational landscape in Germany since 2006.