K-12 Educational Support Counselor

Orchard Farm School District is seeking an Education Support Counselor to join our K-12 team for the 2026-2027 school year!

Our mission is to empower each learner to excel in diverse communities. Located in St Charles MO with a current enrollment of approximately 2600 students our district is mostly situated between Highway 370 and north to West Alton MO where the two rivers farmland to planned communitiesour district has a unique culture to embraceold traditions with new traditions.

Offering a great benefits package allows staff to embrace both work and enjoy those greatest life moments. Employees receive health dental vision and life insurance paid for the employee by the district. Paid time off along with tuition reimbursement and many professional developement opportunities are also offered. Retirement Pension plan offered through PSRS/PEERS to help round out the benefits along with many supplemental plans and a 403/457(b) offering.

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Educational Support Counselors are pupil support personnel who focus on helping students with social and emotional problems to improve school functioning and academic achievement. They provide a wide variety of direct services for students exhibiting moderate to severe psychological problems which are interfering with learning and/or with the educational Support Counselors also provide indirect services to students and familiesand actively consult with educators as integral members of student support teams.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Masters degree in social work psychology or counseling
• Current clinical licensure in the state of Missouri as a Licensed Clinical Social
• Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
• Minimum of 3 years previous experience providing mental health services in a school setting or to school aged children
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills necessary to build therapeutic relationships with students and collaborative relationships with teams; the abilityto recognize and effectively respond to the varied priorities and expectations of others
• Strong clinical judgment skills necessary for assessing and managing risk of suicide violence and other mental health crises in order to assist student support services teams in triaging critical incidents
• Training in nonviolent crisis response and the ability to safely manage the physical demands of highly aggressive children as part of school crisis teams
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to continuously reprioritize and multi-task in response to a large volume of student referrals and staff requests for

Educational Support Counselor services

• Ability to travel as needed within the school district boundaries to provide homevisits and to attend community meetings as assigned by theAssistant Superintendent of Student Services
• Ability to maintain flexible schedules and be accessible via cell phone in order to respond immediately to crises and urgent requests for assistance

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Facilitates intensive support activities for students in severe crises.
• Screen and assess the social emotional and psychological needs of students; assist with suicide violence and substance use assessments.
• Work with students families and school personnel to identify strengths develop goals select interventions link with appropriate community supports and coordinate mental health services.
• Provide psycho-educational individual and group therapy.
• Provide home visits family counseling and parenting education.
• Serve as a district-level mental health resource and consultant for teacherscounselors and administrators; collaborate regarding strategies for classroom management positive behavior supports social-emotional and charactereducation and skill-building interactions with students in order to help address challenging behaviors
• Assist building teams with crisis management in response to critical incidents.
• Assist in coordination and act as a liaison with agency partners who provide school-based and community-based mental health services for students.
• Maintain required Educational Support Counselor documentation and tracking logs.
• Participates in development of I.E.P./Therapeutic Treatment plan if appropriate.
• Plans and conducts parenting skill group and/or parent support group meetings
• Participates in evaluations and reevaluations.
• Acts as a liaison between the school school counselors psychologists hospitals and psychiatrists.
• Provides consultative and therapeutic support services to Special Education classrooms providing services to children with severe emotional disorders.
• Attends building/department faculty meetings as required by the Coordinator of Social Services
• Supports building counselors in their efforts to work with students in crisis.
• Develops in-services for all staff in the area of mental health.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs other appropriate school-related duties as assigned by the Coordinator of Social Services and Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS:

• Current Resume
• Transcripts
• Certificate(s)
• 3 Letters of Recommendation (preferred)

SALARY SCHEDULESalary is based from years of experience teaching and degree per OFSD policy and procedure.