School Counselor
School Counselor
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Founded in 1910 as the Open Air School by pediatrician Dr. Helen West Cooke Gordon was Rhode Islands first non-public all-gender school. Today Gordon is a racially and socio-economically diverse Nursery through eighth grade independent school with an enrollment of 345 students renowned nationally for a multicultural curriculum and a commitment to equity inclusion and social justice. Our curriculum focuses on developing intellectual leadership by leveraging a childs natural imagination creativity and inquisitive nature. Students are challenged and inspired to be active participants in their own education and faculty and staff strive to develop deep and meaningful relationships with each child and opportunityGordon is seeking a highly skilled mental health practitioner to join a diverse and collaborative team of professionals to support the social and emotional wellbeing of our students and families from nursery to eighth grade. Gordons school counselor will play a central role in attending to the mental health needs of children by working collaboratively with students families and divisional student support teams to advocate for students mental health and educational needs. The school counselor will provide a safe accepting non-judgmental space for students to discuss personal and academic issues support student and family access to treatment work across the school community to foster a culture of wellness and help to maintain an emotionally healthy productive and safe school school counselor is a member of the Gordon faculty and reports to the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning. Key responsibilitiesWork with studentsLead one-on-one small group or whole group sessions for students in Nursery to eighth grade on topics such as peer relationships coping and soothing strategies effective social and problem-solving skills and conflict resolution to name a students in the classroom and develop behavioral plans in partnership with teachers division directors and other members of the student support significant time to building relationships with students when there is not a crisis both in the classroom as well as in less-structured environments such as recess and students develop their understanding of self as it relates to student clubs or offer small-group meetings as and/or lead our Lower School race-based affinity group Common with colleaguesMeet regularly and work collaboratively with the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning division directors the consulting psychologist learning specialists the school nurse and other members of the divisional student support teams on issues related to the mental health of the with classroom teachers to develop students social skills and peer relationships; develop and support behavioral plans for individual the SEL curriculum strand N-8 as well as serving as a member of the SEL teaching collaboratively with the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning to develop and lead professional workshops for Gordon faculty and staff on relevant topics and best practices in the -facilitate one of our faculty and staff race-based affinity with familiesDesign parent education workshops in consultation with the Assistant Head of School for Teaching and with families and provide referrals when needed to outside mental health in meetings with families and caregivers at the request of the division directors classroom teachers advisors or with families to develop and implement behavior plans and offer support and resources as needed. Administrative workDevelop collaborative professional relationships with outside therapists social and emotional learning experts and other health and wellness and maintain a diverse list of clinical referrals and serve as a liaison between the school and outside collaboration with the Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning Health and Wellness coordinator classroom teachers and Middle School advisors support the development of a Nursery to eighth grade social and emotional learning curricular scope and sequence. Maintain records of all counseling sessions and family with division directors deans teaching teams and learning specialists to develop a consistent and comprehensive system for the student transition process each leadership qualitiesThe successful candidate will demonstrate An enthusiastic commitment to Gordons progressive multicultural curriculum and a recognition of the significance of social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing to the development of an excellent academic program and the development of compassionate well-adjusted human beings. High cultural competency and racial literacy and a demonstrated commitment to diversity equity and inclusion.A professional collaborative team-oriented style characterized by empathy flexibility and ability to build trusting relationships with children and adults alike.A genuine appreciation of and respect for children; energy and enthusiasm for all aspects of school and a good sense of humor; patience and persistence; sense of curiosity and a love of writing editing and oral communication skills and proficiency in communicating and engaging effectively with a wide range of potential to be a thought leader on the cutting edge of preventative mental health care; the desire to model lifelong learning by actively seeking professional growth and experience presenting in front of small and large in Spanish is desirable. The desire to have fun!Professional qualificationsGordon is seeking candidates who haveAt a minimum a masters degree in counseling psychology social work or related field. A LICSW or comparable license is preferred but not at least three to five years of experience in a similar role. Experience working in diverse and culturally responsive elementary and middle schools or with children in this age of or commitment to developing capacity in trauma-informed care and racial stress the impact of social media and technology on young people and their families and the importance of cultivating ethical digital in the ethical legal and confidentiality considerations related to counseling strongly encourage applications from people of color LGBTQIA educators or educators from communities that are historically underrepresented in independent schools.
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