Date posted:2024-08-20 | Writer: Leipzig International School | Email: [email protected]
Job Start: as soon as possible!
Contract: full-time contract, initially fixed-term for 2 years followed by the option of a subsequent employment contract with an infinite duration
Your tasks and responsibilities
-Providing individual and group services to meet the developmental, social and emotional needs of our children / students of our kindergarten, primary and secondary school by advising, supporting and encouraging them
-Working together with the children / students to enhance their resourcefulness, productivity, competencies and interpersonal, decision-making and conflict-resolution skills
-Strengthening children's / students' own unique capabilities while guiding them as they discover and develop interests and abilities
-Assisting children / students in meeting their personal potential while meeting the standards set by Leipzig International School
-Providing interventions for children / students to maximise their learning and support them, as they adjust to new situations
-Developing and managing Individualised Educational Plans for children / students
-Collaborating with educators, teachers and other Student Support Services members on an ongoing basis
Your profile
- A degree in Counselling / Social Education / Social Pedagogy or a relevant equivalent
- TEFL/TESOL certificate preferred
- Experience in counselling children and teenagers would be desirable
- Experience of working in a diverse school community would be desirable
- Highly proficient English (and some level of German would be useful)
- An enthusiastic, caring and inspiring professional
- Committed to promoting the wellbeing of our children / students
- Positive, encouraging and able to relate to this age group
- Willing to support and implement existing programmes and practices
- Keen to continue to develop good practice which is suited to our needs and setting
- Flexible, open to change, and solution-oriented
- A team player, who is willing to work alongside and support colleagues
- Patient, kind and prepared to accept that you may not be right
- Well-organised, ethical and rich in empathy
What we offer
- A cooperative international team who is child and learner-centred
- Ongoing internal and external professional development
- A dynamic and diverse workplace that continues to develop best teaching and learning practices
- An exciting and flexible model of working that effectively supports the needs of the children / students
- Company benefits such as JobRad Leasing, company pension scheme, moving allowance, financial assistance to attend a language course etc.
- The chance to engage in the life of the International School in the beautiful city of Leipzig; a historic, green, vibrant university city that is safe, well-connected, and in the cultural heart of Europe
About us
Leipzig International School gGmbH is a non-profit, independent educational institution that operates a kindergarten as well as an all-day school with a primary school with integrated after-school care and a secondary school. At present, nearly 1100 students from local and international families study at our institution from the age of one until they reach university entrance qualifications. The teaching language is English. German is taught as a compulsory subject. Our concept focuses on global-openness, internationality, and diversity, and thus on our overall motto "Learning to be a citizen of the world". Our 250 staff members from 37 nations work together to create a stimulating and interesting learning environment for all children and students. The students are thus supported and accompanied from their first steps in this world to applying for training and university places and beyond. Since 2014, Leipzig International has been located at two sites: the primary school and secondary school (grades 1 to 12) are located at Könneritzstraße 47 / Schleußig, the Leipzig International Kindergarten at Karl-Heine-Straße 95 / Plagwitz. Furthermore, there is the Käferhaus at Gleisstraße 1 / Schleußig, a day-care centre run by Leipziger Kindergarten gGmbH, a subsidiary of Leipzig International School gGmbH.
LIS is an inclusive learning community and does not discriminate on the basis of race, skin colour, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.
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