Guidance Specialist: 2025-2026
Guidance Specialist: 2025-2026
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Job Description
FOR THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT STATE LAW REQUIRES A STATE AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND A CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT (CAN) CHECK AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.
Position Title: GUIDANCE SPECIALIST
Responsible To: Principal
Basic Function: Provides a functional comprehensive program of direct services for all children utilizing the expertise gained through professional training in the areas of school counseling or school social work. These services will emphasize counseling children; consultation with teacher parents and other significant adults; and coordinating a variety of activities and functions related to the academic social emotional and physical needs of students.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Counsels children individually and in small groups concerning a variety of developmental tasks and problems.
- Provides prevention programs through classroom guidance activities.
- Consults with teachers and parents about childrens needs concerns and academic issues.
- Collaborates with school staff and community representatives in assessing student needs and utilizes the data to plan and evaluate the guidance program.
- Coordinates with faculty parents attendance personnel and District Court to correct the attendance problems of truant students.
- Provides home visits as needed to assess family circumstances and make needed referrals to community resources for problems interfering with the childs academic progress social emotional or physical development.
- Serves as a resource person on the Special Education Admissions and Release Committee when appropriate.
- Refers students to the proper authorities for child abuse or neglect when suspicion exists and provides support services to those children as needed.
- Assists or serves as the coordinator of testing and interprets test data to teachers and parents as needed.
- Consults with teachers in planning and providing classroom guidance activities.
- Assists new students with orientation and acclamation to their new school environment.
- Selects and purchases program materials and manages their budget allocation.
- Selects and attends professional development require the State and District.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Kentucky certification for School Guidance Counselor or School Social Worker.
Terms of Employment:
Salary and work year to be established by the board of education.
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for Professional Personnel.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
