2025 Summer School Programs - School Counselor
2025 Summer School Programs - School Counselor
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Job Description
Job Goal: The summer counselor will provide immediate support and assistance as needed to students who are in need of social emotional or mental health support. The counselor will work with students in crisis contributing to the implementation of a follow up plan with support team at the students summer school placement and outside services to ensure the student is adequately supported and monitored for as long as is needed.
The summer counselor will also provide shortterm assistance to family members to cope with the trauma associated with the students distresses.
Qualifications:
- Counselor Educator Licensure
- Ability to work collaboratively with teachers and families to support program access and effectively address issues that may arise.
- Familiarity with mental health theory emerging promising practices and Evidence based Practice
- Knowledge of trends and issues laws and regulations related to the development and delivery of case management services helpful
- Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
- The ability to manage priorities under changing circumstances and timeframes
- Ability to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students; maintains and responds to social and emotional needs of students and staff
- Knowledge and appreciation of cultural difference; commitment to removing barriers to equity access and inclusion
Preferred Qualifications:
- Adjustment Counselor Licensure
- Bilingual/multicultural communication with diverse students and families is preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with Summer School Program Director to support students social emotional and mental health needs during summer school programing hours.
- Engage individuals and families as partners in services and develop positive hopeful and trusting relationships.
- Mediate between students/families and other professional services to facilitate care plans strengths assessments and external resources
- Exercise discretion and independent judgment when determining a course of action. Maintain the ability to compare and evaluate possible courses of conduct and actions in consultations with the Director of Student Services.
- Build student relationships as well as business relationships and strategic partnerships with other agencies and external resources.
- Recognize and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
- Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance and the ability to react effectively in a wide variety of human service situations
- Performs other tasks as assigned by the Director of Student Services and CoDirector of Summer Programs
Terms of Employment
Seasonal/Yearly Employment
Location: Various Locations
Rate: $35/hr per hour worked
Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 23 2025 orJul 30 2025
4 week Schedule
July 7 2025 August 1 2025
Monday through Friday 5 days per week
7:30 am. 1:00 or 4:00 p.m
5 week Schedule
July 7 2025 August 8 2025 depending on program
Monday through Friday 5 days per week
7:30 am. 1:00 or 4:00 p.m
Reports to: Assistant Director of OST and Partnerships and Director of Student Services
The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs facilities or employment of educational opportunities on the bases of race color age religion disability preganancy home status martital/civil union status sex/gender gender identity sexual orientation citizenship status place of birth national origin ancestry cultural identity genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or biasbased intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals group or interferes with their ability to learn or work.
Employment Type
Temp
