Position OverviewThe School Adjustment Counselor plays a vital role in supporting the academic social and emotional success of students. This individual provides counseling services crisis intervention and family outreach while working collaboratively with school staff to create a safe supportive and inclusive learning environment. The counselor will also coordinate with community resources to ensure students and families have access to the supports they degree in Adjustment Counseling Social Work Counseling Psychology or a related knowledge of trauma-informed care adolescent development and crisis working in schools or with children/adolescents in clinical settings to work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with students families and to equity inclusion and culturally responsive ResponsibilitiesDirect Student SupportAssess students social emotional and behavioral needs at the Tier 1 individual and group counseling to students experiencing trauma grief mental health concerns family challenges or school adjustment difficulties (Tier 2 & 3 supports).Intervene in crisis situations including threats to safety self-harm or abuse/neglect 51A reports when deemed necessary by the Student Support & Family EngagementPartner with teachers counselors administrators and staff to address barriers to student learning and students and families with community resources (mental health services housing food assistance etc.).Participate actively in weekly Student Support Team & Program DevelopmentContribute to Behavior Intervention Plans and support school-wide positive behavior school-wide initiatives around mental health awareness bullying prevention SEL and conflict analyze and share data to measure the effectiveness of interventions and inform future ResponsibilitiesMaintain accurate timely and confidential records of services reports for internal teams or outside agencies as and support social work interns when CompetenciesEmpathy and strong relationship-building skills with in de-escalation and crisis organizational and record-keeping of culturally responsive and restorative to balance individual student needs with school-wide initiatives.