Secondary Counsellor

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.

Secondary Counsellor

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

The
Secondary 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 Secondary 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
Secondary Counsellor promotes equity through the identification and
amelioration of environmental and personal barriers to student success. The
Secondary Counsellor enhances students' educational achievement through
assisting with the development and implementation of educational plans
including Individual Education Plans and Positive Behavior Support Plans and
plays a key role in successful student transitions. The Secondary Counsellor
liaises with Learning Services personnel and outside agencies in support of
students and families.

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 Behavior Supports Plans and Safety Plans

• Experience with risk assessment such as Violent Threat Risk

Assessment

• Current CPI training an asset.

Competition: T-26-380

Location/Dept.: Delta Secondary

FTE: 0.86

Start Date: September 8, 2026

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

Posted: June 16, 2026

Application Deadline: 12:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Salary is based on TQS category and years of experience, ranging from $62,445 - $109,520 per year, prorated.

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 kvasconcelos@deltaschools.ca.

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.