School Adjustment Counselor - Vernon Hill 2025-2026
School Adjustment Counselor - Vernon Hill 2025-2026
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23-04-2025
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23-04-2025
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SUBJECT: School Adjustment Counselor REPORTS TO: Building PrincipalACCOUNTABILITY OBJECTIVE:This position is accountable for the delivery of social casework services to students; to identify a students needs and to make use of internal and community resources to help bring about positive changes so as to function to his/her fullest potential in the school and community through actions consistent with the policies of the Worcester Public schools and relevant state laws and RESPONSIBILITIES: (to be included along with the other responsibilities)1. Responsible for prereferral conferences with school personnel in a team context for the appropriate intervention for a student.2. Responsible for individual and/or group shortterm counseling with or otherwise assisting referred students.3. Responsible for cooperating and consulting as a team member with teachers principals and other school personnel for purposes of diagnosing evaluating and recommending interventions for the adjustment of students.4. Responsible for providing crisis intervention and conflict resolution services when requested by school personnel.5. Responsible for making home visits to parents of referred students and counseling with parents at school and in the home to help them understand the social emotional and academic needs of the student.6. Responsible for serving as a referral agent and case manager for the student and parent(s) in developing a network of social services with community agencies.7. Responsible for serving as a resource team member and/or supervisor of attendance for the court when indicated in cases of children in need of service.8. Responsible for providing outreach and followup for students referred because of attendance problems.9. Responsible for compiling summarizing maintaining and submitting data or other records of pupils referred for appraisal to appropriate school for safeguarding the students right to privacy against disclosure of information in the students case history or if disclosures of confidences during counseling within the framework of applicable laws and systemwide for being knowledgeable and conforming to state and systemwide regulations and guidelines on student for assuring equal educational opportunity to all individuals regardless of race color gender age marital status religion natural origin sexual orientation gender identity homelessness or disability. other jobrelated duties as QUALIFICATIONS:1. MA DESE Licensure as a School Adjustment Counselor including the completion of a 900hour fieldbased experience.2. Masters degree3. Evidence of mastery of social case work techniques.4. Ability to understand the dynamics of families from various cultural backgrounds.5. Two years experience working with schoolage children and their families.6. Familiarity in working with consultants resource personnel community groups etc.7. Ability to produce concise reports concerning relevant developmental social and medical information.8. Group work experience.9. Ability to deal with typical issues such as eating disorders pregnancy alcohol and other drug abuse sexual identity family conflict and physical sexual and psychological abuse.10. Willingness to visit students homes throughout the Worcester QUALIFICATIONS:1. Ability to speak Albanian Arabic Nepali Portuguese Spanish Vietnamese or an African Language. 2. Training and experience in conflict resolution techniques.3. Experience working in schools and/or social service agencies with clients from culturally and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds.4. Experience in providing consultation services including workshops to professionals relative to child development behavior modification adolescent issues etc.5. Demonstrated experience supporting students with special needs6. Demonstrated experience with second language acquisition7. SEI Endorsement WORK YEAR: 184 days SALARY: Salary scale shown is based on the candidate holding a Bachelors Degree. Potential to increase based on degree levelTO APPLY: Any person interested in this position must submit a resume cover letter licensure and answer all questions online at This deadline date does not preclude further advertisement or recruitment.
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