High School Counselor
High School Counselor
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Job Title: Counselor
Reports to: Dean of Students
Status: Fulltime Exempt
Position Description:
LickWilmerding High School seeks a mental health professional with a masters level degree or higher in a mental health discipline experience working in a high school setting as well as experience working with adolescents adults families and professionals in the mental health field to serve as a high school counselor in support of the health and wellness of the LickWilmerding community. This role requires an ongoing partnership and collaboration with families deans advisors teachers and other student support personnel to meet student needs. The counselor is a growthminded individual who continually seeks out and engages in professional development opportunities. The job will include duties in the following areas:
Responsibilities:
- Meets with students for crisis intervention counseling and support services
- Maintains office hours to meet with students and their families or faculty/advisors
- Consults with outside mental health providers to coordinate student support
- Provides appropriate referrals for students in need of longterm mental health resources
- Participates in planning and delivery of mental health and wellness related programming to students parenting adults and faculty/staff
- Attend the Student Support Services Team meetings and collaborate with faculty staff and administration to coordinate support of individual students (Learning Strategies Center College Counseling The Center for Civic Engagement Advisors etc.
- Maintains privacy of student records
- In coordination with the counseling department is available for emergency consultation during school breaks
Qualifications
Skills:
- Fierce advocacy for students and their needs
- A willingness to engage across difference with empathy and understanding
- Social and emotional acuity
- An understanding of your own identity and related positionalities
- A profound openness to feedback and improvement modeling lifelong learning of practice as well as subject area
Job Specific Qualifications:
- Possess a minimum 3 years experience working in a school setting
- Hold a credential (PPSC) license (MFT LPCC LCSW PSY etc. or be eligible within the first year
- Display a deep commitment to equity and working with a diverse student population in a dynamic high school setting
- Be passionate about working in schools
- Have strong organizational as well as written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrate professionalism and integrity
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with others
- Show initiative optimism and flexibility
To Apply:
Please upload a cover letter resume and the names and contact information of three references one of whom should be a direct supervisor. No phone calls regarding this position please.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
