School Counsellor Resume Example
Pathway layout: a milestone path under the name, a three-tier support model and a guidance column beside the roles.
Use this example Template: School Counsellor
Kavya Menon
School Counsellor — Student Wellbeing & University Guidance
kavya.menon@example.com+91 98450 12345Bengaluru, Indialinkedin.com/in/kavyamenon-counsellor
Summary
Counselling psychologist with 9 years in IB and CBSE schools in Bengaluru and Chennai. I provide short-term individual counselling, run social-emotional learning across the school, lead safeguarding referrals and guide students through university applications in India and abroad. Last year I supported a caseload of 140 students, and 96% of my Grade 12 cohort secured a first- or second-choice university place.
Support model
Tier 1Whole-school SEL · 1,450 students
Tier 2Small groups · 9 a term
Tier 3Individual counselling · 140 students
Experience
Senior School Counsellor (Grades 6–12)
Inventure Academy · Bengaluru
Jun 2020 – Present
140Students on caseload
96%1st/2nd-choice offers
−31%Repeat referrals
- Provide solution-focused counselling for anxiety, exam stress, peer conflict and family change; 6–8 sessions per student on average
- Wrote and rolled out a Grades 6–10 social-emotional learning curriculum taught weekly by 22 form tutors; repeat behaviour referrals fell 31%
- Guide 75 Grade 11–12 students a year on course and university choice; offers from UCL, Toronto, NUS, Ashoka and IIT Madras
School Counsellor
Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam · Chennai
Jun 2016 – May 2020
1,200Students screened
- Introduced annual wellbeing screening for 1,200 students and a referral pathway with two child psychiatrists in Chennai
- Trained 60 teachers in psychological first aid and positive behaviour support
Volunteer Helpline Counsellor (part-time)
Sneha Suicide Prevention Centre · Chennai
Jun 2014 – May 2016
600+Calls answered
- Answered 600+ crisis calls during my master's, using active listening and risk assessment under weekly clinical supervision
Selected projects
Exam-season wellbeing week
Peer mentors, parent talks and quiet rooms; self-reported stress down 22%
Careers fair
35 universities and 20 alumni speakers; 600 students and parents
Summary example
Counselling psychologist with [N] years in IB and CBSE schools in Bengaluru and Chennai. I provide short-term individual counselling, run social-emotional learning across the school, lead safeguarding referrals and guide students through university applications in India and abroad. Last year I supported a caseload of [N] students, and [X%] of my Grade [N] cohort secured a first- or second-choice university place.
Example bullet points for a School Counsellor
- Provide solution-focused counselling for anxiety, exam stress, peer conflict and family change; [N]–[N] sessions per student on average
- Wrote and rolled out a Grades [N]–[N] social-emotional learning curriculum taught weekly by [N] form tutors; repeat behaviour referrals fell [X%]
- Guide [N] Grade [N]–[N] students a year on course and university choice; offers from UCL, Toronto, NUS, Ashoka and IIT Madras
- Introduced annual wellbeing screening for [N] students and a referral pathway with two child psychiatrists in Chennai
- Trained [N] teachers in psychological first aid and positive behaviour support
- Answered [N]+ crisis calls during my master's, using active listening and risk assessment under weekly clinical supervision
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- Solution-focused therapy
- CBT techniques
- Crisis response
- UCAS & Common App
- Cialfo
- Safeguarding (DSL)
Tips for a School Counsellor resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Solution-focused therapy, CBT techniques, Crisis response.
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. RCI Registered Counsellor, Designated Safeguarding Lead (Level 3).
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example students on caseload.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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