Position Description

Licensed School Counselor (2024-2025)
Location GH Texas
Job Category Academy - Special Services Faculty (SPED, ESL, 504/MTSS, Intervention, Counseling, Behavior Spec.)
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Job Title:            Mental Health Counselor/Social Worker
Reports to:        District Director Special Student Services    
Dept. /School:   District Academic/Support Services Team
Exemption Status/Test: Exempt
 
Primary Purpose:
 Provide responsive services to individual campuses and the community through district wide: Mental Health Wellness Initiatives, Crisis Management; Interventions for Targeted Students; Trainings; Data Collection and Analysis.

Qualifications:

  • Masters Degree Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or Licensed Specialist School Psychologist (LSSP)
  • Two (2) years’ school or community based counseling, or social work Experience in a K-12 public school preferred
Special Knowledge/Skills:
 
·       Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
·       Knowledge of the types of services provided by school counselors and social workers
·       Proficient in technology, including computer skills, Microsoft applications, Google Ability to present to students, parents, and staff in one-on-one, small group, and large group settings
·       Knowledge of counseling procedures and protocols
·       Knowledge of interventions and best practices for students
·       Adept at data collection and analysis
·       Ability to create PowerPoints for district wide professional development Knowledge on best practices and research on mental health
·       Ability to create partnerships with mental health agencies and community organizations

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

    Guidance Curriculum:

    ·       Conduct district wide presentations for schools

    ·       Use technology to upload and share lessons as needed

    ·       Research new programs and initiatives to implement district wide

    Individual Counseling:

    ·       Provide counseling for students, as needed

    Small Group Counseling: 

    ·       Provide counseling for students, as needed

    Districtwide Initiatives: 

    ·       Develop and implement Mental Health Supports for individual campuses and at the district level

    ·       Raise awareness of monthly topics through website announcements, flyers, call outs and other  promotions in conjunction with the District Academic Team

    Accountability: 

    ·       Monitor progress of students and all district wide initiatives

    ·       Keep a daily log of activities

    ·       Maintain and Outlook calendar

    Crisis Management: 

    ·       On call for district wide emergencies

    ·       Support students making Anonymous Alerts reports

    ·       Conduct risk-assessments, as appropriate

    ·       Follow up with crisis Intervention reports as required

    Referrals: 

    ·       Maintain district list of community agencies/resources for all regions

    ·       Provide referrals to school staff families as necessary

     Student Management

    • Demonstrate support for the district’s student management and mental health supports, policies and procedures

    Policy, Reports and Law

    • Support and follow local, state, and federal rules and policies

    Communications and Community Relations:

    • Establish and maintain a professional relationship and open communication with headmaster, staff, parents, and the community
    • Articulate the district’s mission and strategic plan goals in the area of Guidance, Counseling, and Mental Health Responsive Services to the community and solicit support

    Supervisory Responsibilities: None

    Personal Qualities & Values

    • Passionately Committed

    With humility and curiosity, we seek to know more about our core purpose; seek to share (with each other and with others externally as an advocate); seek to live the mission ourselves with relentless pursuit and intrinsic motivation; seek to understand our work and how it serves the mission…which should result in getting the right stuff done with measurable results because we love actualization – not just the theory

    • Servant’s Heart

    The foundational element of having a servant’s heart is the acknowledgement of inherent dignity in their fellow human. Someone with a servant’s heart believes that their work is to promote the development of those around them and make it possible for others to be successful in serving the mission of the organization.

    • Team Player

    We believe our mission can only be accomplished through collaboration and receive true joy in being a part of something greater than ourselves; Each of us is one part of a whole, each with different roles, expertise and responsibilities; working together in synchronicity.

    Compensation

    Great Hearts offers a very competitive benefits package and overall compensation will be commensurate with talent, experience and education.

     

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