Student Support Counselor

Full TimeClick here for Employee BenefitsNEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLSSCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #1CONTOOCOOK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTPOSITION TITLE: Student Support Counselor SUPERVISOR: Director of School CounselingQUALIFICATIONS:Masters Degree in counseling social work psychology or a related least one year of experience providing crisis intervention counseling and support in regard to other mental health related issues included but not limited to substance use prevention for middle and/or high school students; or an equivalent combination of education and experience that would provide the noted knowledge skills and abilities. SUMMARY:The Student Support Counselor is a schoolbased position providing intervention and referral services to high school students who are actively at risk for a variety of behaviors and problems including mental health issues family problems school behavior/performance problems substance use issues etc. The Student Support Counselor works collaboratively with all staff to provide a climate of social emotional support that enables students to take learning risks consistent with the educational social emotional career and transitional goal of all AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Screen all referred adolescents and make effective internal and external referrals (i.e. community based support services)In psychoeducational groups or on a short term individual basis counsel students in effective techniques for managing stress peer and family relationships and other related mental health issues as it related to the students social emotional staff development opportunities and training services to members of the school and community in the areas of student support and social emotional learning as it relates to behavior/performance interpersonal skills as they relate to school functioning and stress positive community relations by working with local and regional and maintain relationships with appropriate outside support services to students going to and returning from out of district placement/treatment support to parents concerned about their childs social emotional healthand behavioral in student support teams with other school staff safe and supportive relationships with students that promote student selfreferral to access the support they are needing to be an active positive participant in the school in collaborative meetings on a weekly an active team member in school activities to increase awareness of the student support counselor and maintain and develop effective working relationships with school in schoolwide development of Tier 1 2 and 3 interventions designed to increase student awareness and support their social emotional needs as they relate to the educational outreach and educational opportunities to parents (articles in school newsletter presentations to parents etc.) as it relates to the Student Support Counselor and the support provided for the social emotional learning of in reentry meetings as appropriate with students returning to school after serving a suspension for violation of school district in Student Support Team (SST) to crises when appropriate in a timely all necessary paperwork for reporting and other administration on truancy with school administration in regard to issues of attendance and necessary meetings and follow through with truancy issues with school Required for: Student Support CounselorAbility to engage students in activities related to social emotional individual and group counseling skills with knowledge of trends in intervention as it relates to the social emotional learning of knowledge of evidencebased intervention strategies as it relates to the students social emotional to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students parents school staff and outside agency to express ones self in writing and present orally in a professional to collaborate with school staff in the development and implementation of allschool prevention and awareness and understanding of therapeutic techniques and crisis DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Maintains records statistics and outcome data; and completes reports as required by funding in supervision with identified performance and outcome data with school staff during an annual review of the Student Support Counselors outcomes for other position related tasks or services as may be assigned by the Director of School Counseling Director of Student Services or other central office administrators as designated by the : The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or & Professional GrowthThe individual in this position is expected to participate in the professional growth and evaluation process in accordance with the District MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRES:The physical activity of this positionOccasionally Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw haul or tug objects in a sustained Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from positiontoposition. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back Fingering. Picking pinching typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately loudly or Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations in Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists hands and/or physical requirements of this positionSedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift carry push pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are visual acuity requirements include color depth perception and field of worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the conditions the worker will be subject to in this worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).