GUIDANCE PERSONNEL

Guidance Director/ CoordinatorGuidance CounselorPsychometricianResearcherGuidance Secretary

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR

QUALIFICATIONEducation:

RA9258 stipulates a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling as prerequisite for practice.

Guidance Counselor

Skills and Competencies

Diagnostics needsIndividual and group counselingEducational-academic counselingVocational-career counselingPersonal social counselingMulticultural counselingConsultation

Coordination

Referral

Test administration and interpretation

Decision making

Program development and implementation

Articulation of programs, function and roles

Evaluation

ROLES 5 C’sAs Counselor- helps people overcome obstacles for a maximum development of their potentials

-establish warm, trusting, confidential working relationship .

-to assist in self-acceptance and understanding, decision making and problem solving. As Coordinator- Identify task that should be done by other persons or an agency and organize everything to facilitate the performance of such task by the needed person or agency.

ROLES 5 C’sAs Consultant- act as objective party, looking at a situation and suggesting other helpful interventions.As Conductor of Activities- Plan and conduct needed activities, Orientation, workshops and seminarsAs a Change Agent- Catalyzer, process helper, solution giver, resource linker and stabilizer.

TASK1) Schedule and conduct individual counseling2) Organize and conduct Group Counseling3) Coordinates and runs enrichment/ training program

for students, parent, teachers4) Helps administer and interpret tests5) Ensures gathering and recording of complete client

data for the individual inventory6) Asses needs as basis for activities7) Holds consultation and coordination activities

TASK8) Collects and disseminates information to the appropriate persons9) Writes reports, keeps records 10) Follow up clients11) Places students in appropriate academic, social and occupational programs and settings12) Conducts research and evaluation13) Refers client to more qualified experts

TRAITS1) Genuine interest in the welfare of others2) Ability to understand the perspective and

viewpoints of others3) Belief in the ability of others to solve their

problems4) Openness to learning and differing opinions5) Willingness to take risk6) Strong sense of worth

TASK7) Courage to make mistakes and learn from them8) Valuing for continued growth as a person9) Warmth and caring10) Keen sense of humor11) Patience and flexibility12) Creativity13) Decisiveness

PSYCHOMETRICIAN

QUALIFICATIONEducation:

RA9258 must also be licensed Have a training on test administration,

processing and interpretation on;Standardize intelligence, achievement, aptitude and interest testsPersonality testProjective test

Psychometrician

Skills and Competencies

1) Clear and fluid speech

2) Appropriate diction and pronunciation

3) Voice modulation and projection

4) Clerical skills for correcting and recording tests and their results accurately

5) Motivational skills for encouraging examinees to take test seriously

6) Organizational skills for scheduling, administering and processing test and their results

7) Technical writing skills for reporting results

Psychometrician

TRAITS

1) Charm, a pleasant disposition, patience

2) Confidentiality and integrity in handling test results

3) Attention to detail

4) Assertiveness in preventing unethical sharing of test and test result

5) Presence of mind in dealing with critical incidents

6) Ability to respond to questions without destroying validity and reliability of test

Psychometrician

RESEARCHER

QUALIFICATIONEducation:

4 year Psychology, Counseling or Sociology background that helps her understand human needs

Researcher

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

1) Statistical Skills

2) Technical Writing skills

3) Clerical skills

4) Analytical skills

5) Organizational skills

6) Motivational skills

Researcher

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

1) Statistical Skills

2) Technical Writing skills

3) Clerical skills

4) Analytical skills

5) Organizational skills

6) Motivational skills

Researcher

TRAITS1) Orderliness and neatness2) Confidentiality3) Objectivity 4) Capacity to ensure that work is done5) Patience with people and data management

Researcher

SECRETARY

QualificationA 2 year secretarial course, but 4 year course is preferable

Traits1) Attention to detail2) Sufficient social and emotional intelligence to

handle demanding clients or visitors3) Common sense to handle emergencies

Secretary

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES1) Clerical skills2) Interpersonal skills3) Communication skills 4) Negotiation skills to handle difficult clients or

visitors

Researcher

Personal Qualities of Effective Helpers

Personal Qualities•Encouraging•Artistic•Emotionally Stable•Empathic and Caring•Self-aware•Self-acceptance•Positive Self-esteem•Self-realization•Self-disclosure•Courageous•Patient•Nonjudgmental•Tolerance for ambiguity•Spirituality

Encouraging

• It helps clients learn to believe in their potential for growth and development.

Artistic

• It implies being creative and flexible and adjusting counseling techniques to the unique needs of the client

• Just as true artists give something of themselves to each thing they create, counselors must give of themselves to the counseling process

Emotionally Stable• An emotional unbalanced counselor

will probably do more harm than good for the client

• An inconsistent counselor will not only waste valuable time but create confusion and insecurity within the client

Empathic and Caring• Effective counselors care about people and

have the desire to help those in need• They are sensitive to the emotional states of

others can communicate an understanding of their struggles with life

• Clients experience a sense of support and kindness from these counselors

• This can help the client have the courage to face life realistically and explore new directions and possibilities

Self-aware• Being self-aware enables counselors to

become aware of their limitations • As people become more aware of

themselves, they are in a better position to accept themselves

• Self-acceptance can then lead to enhancement of one’s self-image or self-esteem, which in turn can free a person to move toward self-realization

Self-acceptance• It suggests that counselors are comfortable

with themselves.

• Although ideally they will be working on enhancing their personal growth and development, the discrepancy between the real self and the ideal self would not be so great as to cause undue anxiety

Positive self-esteem• It can help counselors cope with their

personal and professional lives and maintain the emotional stability that is central to their job

• Also, counselors who do not feel positive about themselves may look for the negative in their clients

• Even worse, such counselors may attempt to degrade the client to enhance their own self-image

Self-realization• It is the process of actualizing one’s potential• It represents a journey into personal growth and

discovery• Effective helpers reach out in new direction and

explore new horizons• Counselors welcome life experiences and learn

from them• Counselor’s enthusiasm for life can create energy

and optimism that can energize and create hope for a client

Self-disclosure• Effective counselors are constructively open

with their thoughts and feelings

• When counselors model openness, they encourage their clients to be open

• The resulting candidness can be critical to the counseling process

Courageous• Although it is important for clients to perceive

their counselors as competent, counselors are not perfect and they should not be viewed as perfect

• Counselors with the courage to communicate their weaknesses as well as their strengths are disclosing an authentic picture of themselves

• They also presenting a realistic view of the human condition and can help clients avoid self-defeating, perfectionist tendencies

Patient• Helping someone change is a complex

process and requires significant effort

• Clients may make some progress and then regress to old habits

• Counselor must be patient an recognize the goal of achieving overall positive therapeutic movement

Nonjudgmental• Counselor must be careful not to impose

their values or beliefs on the client, even though they may wish at times to expose clients to new ideas

• Being nonjudgmental communicates respect for clients and allows them to actualize their unique potential

Tolerance for ambiguity• It can be associated with the art of

counseling

• Example, the counselor never knows for sure what the best technique is to use with a client or exactly was accomplished during a session

Spirituality• Characteristics of spirituality include being

sensitive to religious-spiritual issues in oneself and others and being able to relate to the spiritual world as distinct form the material world.

Seatwork: 002• What are some personal qualities (2)

you have that you believe would help make you an effective counselor, cite an example and why are these qualities important?