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Overview
Educational counsellors support students individually, in groups or in classrooms with study choices, personal concerns, social integration, behaviour issues and further education options.
In job descriptions, look for student counselling, active listening, learning needs, support networks, cooperation with teachers, referrals to school psychologists or social workers and monitoring student behaviour.
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Educational counsellors work in schools or education institutions with students individually, in groups and sometimes in classrooms. The work combines study choices, wellbeing, behaviour and referrals.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes counselling methods, active listening, adolescent psychological development, learning needs analysis, student support networks, communicating about youth wellbeing and cooperation with educational staff.
Salary context
Salary context depends on student volume, age group, crisis intervention responsibility, coordination with psychologists or social workers, documentation duties and whether the role covers careers guidance too.
Career paths
Career paths can move from student support, teaching, youth work or counselling into senior guidance, student services coordination, learning support, educational network work or specialist wellbeing roles.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the student age group, counselling format, referral process, learning-needs work and cooperation with teachers. A clear role defines boundaries for crisis support.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
School Psychologists
19-3034.00
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Open in O*NETEducational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
21-1012.00
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Alternative labels
student advisor
student guidance counsellor
education counsellor
counsellor in education institution
childrens' counsellor
vocational school counsellor
student services coordinator
high-school counsellor
education institution counsellor
training adviser
educational counselor
school counsellor
study coordinator
counselling student advisor
student adviser
study adviser
student counsellor
counsellor in school
guidance counsellor
Occupation group
Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified (2359)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2412bbb1-29ca-4e17-a2b8-70694f0cb14f |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2359.8 |
| ISCO group | 2359 |
| Concept type | Occupation |