The Walker Beacon School is a private non-profit 198-day special education school serving students of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions. We serve a population of 65 students in grades 7 through 12 with average to above average cognitive and academic ability who struggle predominantly with anxiety depression and trauma which frequently manifests as internalizing behaviors. Many members of our school community have also experienced difficulties feeling accepted in a public-school setting while working to explore and accept their important position helps to provide a safe healthy and welcoming milieu within our school and provides supervision of students within the milieu during non-academic periods. Milieu Counselor supports students in accessing breaks throughout the school day in order to regulate and re-engage in class. Milieu Counselor also coordinates and facilitates non-academic activities and assists with running groups. Lastly the Milieu Counselor provides in the moment support in the and LicensureRequired: HS Diploma or equivalentExperienceRequired: Experience working with children with mental health emotional and learning disabilitiesPreferred: 3 years experienceEssential functions:Able to provide supportive counseling when needed and help students develop coping and stress reduction skills and assist with implementation throughout the school member of the Lighthouse Room team to provide specialized instruction to students when they are unable to be in the in the classroom as for organizing and implementing daily physical activities periods for all students as part of our Health and Wellness Walker Beacons model of therapeutic interventions including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and implement treatment protocol and appropriate therapeutic strategies established in students treatment plans IEPs and individual support behavioral issues in a manner that is conducive in supporting appropriate behavior strengthening relationship and fostering student -lead a weekly Wellness class and/or a therapeutic group counselling all staff meetings and professional development students during non-academic times and for organizing and supervising activities during lunch period on field trips and all off campus activities including school wide events and the student progress and needs to the Walker Beacon records of student time out of class and visits to Lighthouse other duties as to be received: Will receive supervision from Clinical CoordinatorSupervision to be exercised: None at this time
School Direct Care Counselor
