Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu South Island

Counsellor (2 positions)

Ko wai mātou | About us   

Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand's largest school. We provide personalised and authentic learning programmes through distance education from early childhood level to NCEA Level 3, including to young adult and adult learners   

Our vision is to enable our ākonga to achieve their educational and personal goals, empowering them to become engaged and contributing members of their communities.  

 Ki te tī, ki te tā, ki te katoa – Anytime, anywhere, anyone.    

E pa ana ki te tīma | About the counselling team 

We have 3 counsellors located across Aotearoa. The counselling team works dynamically to provide a specialist online service for referred ākonga throughout Aotearoa and works collaboratively with regional teams to provide some guidance to kaimanaaki supporting these ākonga. We prioritise access to our counselling service for ākonga who enrol through the full-time At-risk gateways. 

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this position  

As a counsellor at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) you will support the wellbeing of ākonga (students) and whānau (family). This involves assisting ākonga in returning to a sense of wellness and helping ākonga to maintain readiness to learn by providing a confidential non-urgent online counselling service to ākonga who have been referred by their kaimanaaki/learning advisor. 

Ko koe tēnei | About you  

To be successful in this role you will need be a qualified counsellor who cares about improving ākonga wellbeing, who is culturally responsive and keen on enhancing counselling practice for our school. 

All Te Kura counsellors must be a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and receive regular professional supervision.