QUALIFICATIONS: Massachusetts Certificate as School Adjustment CounselorMasters Degree in counseling or appropriate field JOB GOAL: The role of the School Adjustment Counselor (SAC) is to provide social emotional and therapeutic support to students. The SAC facilitates the diagnosis and treatment of student learning behavioral and emotional disorders such as depression anxiety bipolar autism among others. Services may include meetings with parents teachers administrators or community health providers to address concerns that may potentially affect a students success in school. The School Adjustment Counselor also works as part of a collaborative counseling team to implement a comprehensive school wide counseling program PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:Maintains accurate and appropriate records. Collect analyze and use data to develop implement and evaluate the school counseling programProvides classroom lessons and individual/group counseling for students and ensures that at least 60% of time is devoted to counseling of studentsWorks cooperatively with school counseling team to implement evidenced based practices such as PBIS CBT and Trauma Informed CareProvides classroom consultation and in-service to give teachers and administrators in the school information strategies and evidence based approaches for maximizing the total development of studentsWork cooperatively with students teachers and other appropriate staff to ensure trainings on specific topics such as bullying substance use prevention and suicide prevention are provided to teachers and studentsParticipates on transition team for students transferring into the school as re-entry from hospitalization to facilitate a positive adjustment and provides transitional counseling as neededMeetings with families and staff to address needs and services for students on caseload and other cases as identified by building principalClosely working with state agencies such as DYS DCF and the juvenile court probation service in providing services for students and families as well as assisting in tracking of studentsAssist in development of Functional Behavioral AssessmentsDevelop behaviors plans for students with IEPs and 504s as neededDevelop IEP goals as it pertains to counseling and participate in team meetingsAct as students education liaison for student with IEP services delivered solely by SACAttend and provide input at all appropriate scheduled IEP 504 RTI meetings
School Adjustment Counselor
