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Itinerant Elementary Counsellor

Delta – School District #37

Inclusive Learning · Delta, B.C.

Job description

Are you looking to work in a District that is committed to collaboration, mentorship, and creating inspiring educational experiences?

The Delta School District aims to be an innovative, inclusive community where all learners belong and everyone soars. We are a District of more than 15,900 students and 3,000 employees.

The District’s mission is to inspire and nurture thriving, future-ready learners at each of its 31 schools, located in Ladner, North Delta, and Tsawwassen. We value Compassion, Responsibility, Integrity, Creativity, Diversity, and Resilience.

Our schools and District offices are located on the traditional territories of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations. The District offers its respect to the Knowledge Keepers and all First Peoples who have been on these lands since time immemorial.

The Delta School District is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and individuals of all genders and sexual identities.

We are committed to removing barriers to employment and providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process, upon request. Preference will be given to qualified applicants who identify as Indigenous in accordance with the Delta School District’s equity commitments.

Salary is based on TQS category and years of experience, ranging from $69,147 - $116,190 per year, prorated.

Itinerant Elementary Counsellor

The Elementary Counsellor uses strength-based and trauma informed approaches and a universal design framework to support students enrolled in Delta elementary schools.

The Elementary Counsellor provides intervention and prevention services; focusing on enhancing students’ development, health promotion, building inclusive, trauma informed and enabling school cultures, and empowering students toward positive change. The Elementary Counsellor promotes personal and social development appropriate to developmental stages, counsel's students, their families, and the community to foster growth in the students' self- esteem individual responsibility, and in skills such as decision making and social skills. The Elementary Counsellor promotes equity through the identification and amelioration of environmental and personal barriers to student success. The Elementary Counsellor enhances students' educational achievement through assisting with the development and implementation of educational plans including Individual Education Plans and Positive Behaviour Support Plans and plays a key role in successful student transitions. The Elementary Counsellor liaises with Learning Services personnel and outside agencies in support of students and families.

The Elementary Counsellor will use strength-based and trauma informed approaches and a universal design framework to support classroom teachers and support staff working with students exhibiting unique learning challenges with an emphasis on case management for students with Ministry of Education Special Needs designation (H) “Students Requiring Intensive Behaviour Intervention or Students with Serious Mental Illness.”

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in counselling.
  • Successful elementary or secondary level teaching experience.
  • Experience using strength-based, trauma-informed approaches and a UDL framework.
  • Experience developing and implementing Individual Education Plans, Positive Behaviour Support Plans and Safety Plans.
  • Experience with risk assessment such as Violent Threat Risk Assessment.
  • Current CPI training an asset.

Competition: T-26-503

Location/Dept.: Inclusive Learning

FTE: 0.2 (Working either Monday or Friday)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Term of Employment: Term Specific to June 30, 2027, or return of incumbent

Posted: November 3, 2026

Application Deadline: 12:00 P.M., Tuesday, November 10, 2026

All required documents must be submitted in your application which include:

  • resume
  • cover letter
  • copy of valid/pending BC Teaching Certificate
  • additional/supporting documentation

For more information on this position, please email Kevin Vasconcelos, District Principal of Human Resources and Teaching Staff at .

Please be sure that you have received a confirmation from Make a Future that you have applied to a specific posting. Without this confirmation your application will not have been submitted.

About this occupation

This job is classed under Educational counsellors (NOC 41320) in Canada’s National Occupational Classification (NOC). Here’s how NOC describes the work in general; the posting above has the details for this job.

Educational counsellors advise current and prospective students on educational issues, career planning and personal development, and coordinate the provision of counselling services to students, parents, teachers, faculty and staff. They are employed by school boards and post-secondary educational institutions.

Typical duties

  • This group performs some or all of the following duties:
  • Counsel students regarding educational issues such as course and program selection, time tables and scheduling, school adjustment, attendance problems and study skills
  • Counsel students regarding career or vocational issues including career exploration and planning, résumé preparation, job interview skills and job search strategies and make available to them a wide range of educational and occupational information
  • Coordinate co-op and school-to-work transition programs, and the provision of counselling and information services, such as career information, professional development sessions and exchanges with other educational institutions, to students, parents, teachers, faculty and staff
  • Consult with teachers and parents or faculty and other professionals such as psychologists, speech therapists and social workers regarding various issues and concerns, and with administrators and community agencies regarding programs and referrals
  • Administer and interpret standardized intelligence, personality, vocational, aptitude and interest tests

Usual requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in counselling, career development, education or social sciences is required for counsellors in school settings.
  • A master's degree in counselling psychology or a related field such as educational psychology, developmental psychology or social work is usually required.
  • Educational counsellors in post-secondary settings require an undergraduate degree and may require a graduate degree. A particular academic specialization may also be required.
  • In Quebec, membership in l'Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation is mandatory to use the titles ''vocational counsellor'', "guidance counsellor" and "vocational guidance counsellor".

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What you’ll do

Provide counselling, intervention, and prevention services to students in Delta elementary schools.. Promote students' personal and social development, health, decision-making, and social skills.. Support inclusive, trauma-informed, and enabling school cultures.. Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans and Positive Behaviour Support Plans.. Support successful student transitions.. Liaise with Learning Services personnel, outside agencies, students, families, classroom teachers, and support staff.. Provide case management for students with Ministry of Education Special Needs designation H.

What you’ll need

Master's degree in counselling.. Successful elementary or secondary level teaching experience.. Experience using strength-based and trauma-informed approaches and a Universal Design for Learning framework.. Experience developing and implementing Individual Education Plans, Positive Behaviour Support Plans, and Safety Plans.. Experience with risk assessment, such as Violent Threat Risk Assessment.. Current CPI training is an asset.. Valid or pending British Columbia Teaching Certificate.

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