School Counselor

Certified - Position - Other, please specify

Job Number 3700158854

Start Date

Open Date 02/02/2024

Closing Date

SECEP is looking for full-time School Counselors. The school counselor works with individual students, small student groups, and in the classroom to enhance student changes for success both inside and outside the separate day-school setting. Providing proactive and intervening counseling services will insure all students have an equal opportunity to achieve and reach their goals. The school counselor must have the ability and skill to work with students with emotional disabilities and other disabilities that affect their capacity to learn as their non-disabled peers. The school counselor must possess in-depth knowledge of counseling theory and services, possess ability to counsel individuals and small groups of students; have a working understanding of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) principles and be able to apply ABA principles within a public separate day school setting. The school counselor will provide professional development to colleagues in the areas of trauma and social and emotional learning (SEL). The school counselor will also engage parents through parent trainings in the areas of trauma and SEL in after school evening sessions. The counselor must attend work regularly and is supervised by the assigned Re-ED principal or designee.

Reports To Assigned SECEP Re-ED Principal

Job Posting Link www.secep.net

Salary Range: From/To
$63,050- $100,273

Start Date TBD

Endorsements School Counselor PreK-12

Additional Job Information
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Masters Degree in School Counseling.
2. In possession of or eligible for Virginia Department of Education licensure with appropriate endorsement(s).
3. Evidence of ability and skill to work with small student groups.
4. Tuberculin skin test certifying that the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Work with individual and small student groups to enhance positive self-concept development.
* Engage students to motivate greater behavioral and academic success.
* Provide counseling to students to prevent them from dropping out of school.
* Engage students in individual and small groups to strengthen decision-making skills.
* In small student groups, provide conflict resolution techniques.
* Counsel students in coping with personal problems related to family, peers, and community environment in individual and small group sessions.
* Holds ongoing individual and small group sessions to address student trauma, Social-Emotional Learning, and Anti-Bullying/Harassment.
* Develop and provide professional development to staff on SEL curriculums utilized by SECEP.
* Support case managers and other professional staff in the development of functional behavioral assessments (FBA) and/or behavioral intervention plans (BIP) through professional development activities and consultation on difficult student situations.
* Periodically sits in with teaching teams when discussing targeted students.
* Confers with parents regarding access to other community resources to address students? mental and emotional health as well as other family issues concerning trauma.
* Participates with crisis team and intervention services, as appropriate and as needed.
* Some work is completed outside of normal working hours to facilitate parent groups/training