Special Programs Counselor

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Final date to receive applications: Mar 31, 2027 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Title:

Special Programs Counselor

Department:
Special Programs

Reports To:

Coordinator of Counseling & Career Services

FLSA Status:
Exempt

SUMMARY

Provides support services to students served through Individualized Education Plans, Section 504 Accommodation Plans, and Alternative Learning. Delivers direct individual/group counseling services to identified students in order to improve organizational, social, and behavioral skills in the school setting.

• Meets with student/teacher/parent and other service providers to assess the student’s needs in order to improve social/behavioral skills and adaptive functioning.
• Provides direct individual/group/family counseling and behavioral support to identified students.
• Participates in the development of behavioral goals, interventions, and treatment plans for identified students.
• Collaborates and consults with community agencies to identify and coordinate resources to support students and families.
• Acts as liaison between alternative environments and home school to facilitate transitions and successful re-entry into home school with ongoing monitoring.
• Consults with and trains school personnel regarding the use of research-based behavioral/social-emotional interventions and crisis management.
• Collaborates with teachers and various school teams (i.e. SIT, IEP, 504) to develop strategies, interventions and accommodations to support identified students.
• Maintains current counseling service notes, documentation and records.
• Collects behavioral, academic and social data to monitor student progress and determine treatment plans.
• Provides crisis support services across the school district (i.e. student deaths).
• Works closely with Coordinator of Compliance to assess the need for referrals to outside agencies such as DSS, DJJ, DDSN, DMH, medical and psychiatric, and maintains contact with these agencies.
• Assists in the development and implementation of ongoing departmental programs to enhance parent involvement and education.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master’s Degree in social work, psychology, or counseling. It is desirable to have experience in providing counseling services to children in a school or mental health facility setting. Knowledge of behavioral interventions and community resources is necessary.

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

State Licensure in Social Work (LMSW, LISW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Not Applicable

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures and instructional manuals. Ability to design and write professional development plans, reports and data entry procedures. Ability to effectively present professional development and training and respond to questions from groups of educators, trainees, administrators and organization members.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and in the display and interpretation of data.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or…