About This Role
The School Counselor advises and counsels students and provides educational services in collaboration with the school's teachers and administration. The role also involves providing crisis intervention services as needed.
Responsibilities
- Support the mental health of students individually and/or in small group counseling sessions to help them understand and overcome personal, emotional, social, or behavioral challenges
- Support curriculum through ongoing classroom guidance
- Utilize a variety of strategies in problem solving with individual students
- Counsel students to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational situations
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools
- Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations
- Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks
- Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals
- Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and social emotional learning programs
- Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops and serve on committees as needed
- Establish and enforce administration policies and rules governing student behavior
- Contribute to a team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Perform other duties as needed
Requirements
's degree in Counseling or related field preferred
- At least five years of experience in related field
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance
- Appreciation and respect for the Catholic Church and its teachings
- Conduct consistent with and supportive of the mission and purpose of the Church; public behavior must not violate the faith, morals or laws of the Church or the policies of the diocese
- Knowledge of best developmentally appropriate practices for grades K-8
- Familiarity with MTSS process as it relates to Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavioral interventions
- Understanding of meeting the needs of a socially and culturally diverse student population
- High level of organizational and interpersonal skill
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work well with others
- Ability to manage and to present oneself professionally
- Ability to communicate effectively with subordinates, Principal, staff, students, and parents
- Confidentiality is essential
- Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts such as adding, dividing, and multiplying
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to stand, walk, talk, feel, sit, grasp, hear and perform repetitive motions of the hands/wrists; required to see up close and from far away
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs
- Fulfill the Diocese of Orlando Safe Environment Certification process
- Undergo screening with the Clearinghouse Care Provider Background Screen
Important Details
- Schedule: may be required to work more than 40 hours including occasional evenings and weekends
Working Environment
- Work is performed mostly in an office setting
- Extensive computer work may be required
