GA School Counselor

OUR MISSION

Movement School is a growing network of free, public charter schools. We exist to love and value scholars and communities by leading a movement of excellence in education. In partnership with our families, we equip our scholars with the tools to close generational gaps through self-efficacy, access to world-class instruction, and financial education.

Movement School South Fulton is seeking a mission-aligned, highly relational, and student-centered School Counselor to lead the school's comprehensive counseling, mental health, student wellness, and attendance supports.

The School Counselor will provide direct counseling services to scholars, coordinate school wide mental health and wellness programming, partner with families and staff to address barriers to scholar success, and lead the school's attendance and truancy intervention efforts. This individual will work closely with school leaders, teachers, special education staff, families, and community partners to ensure scholars receive the social-emotional and mental health supports necessary to thrive academically and personally.

• Lead and coordinate the school's comprehensive mental health and scholar wellness program
• Provide individual and small-group counseling to scholars experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, family, or school-related challenges
• Develop and facilitate preventative and responsive programming focused on topics such as emotional regulation, conflict resolution, coping skills, grief, peer relationships, and healthy decision-making
• Identify scholars requiring additional mental health support and coordinate referrals to appropriate school-based or community providers
• Support crisis response and intervention for scholars experiencing significant emotional, behavioral, or mental health concerns
• Maintain appropriate documentation and confidentiality related to scholar counseling and mental health services
• Develop partnerships with external mental health and community organizations to expand services available to scholars and families

• Serve as a trusted resource for scholars and families experiencing barriers that may impact a scholar's ability to attend school and succeed academically
• Meet with families to understand scholar needs and connect them with appropriate school and community resources
• Participate in parent conferences, student support meetings, and other family meetings when social-emotional, behavioral, attendance, or mental health concerns are present
• Collaborate with teachers and school leaders to develop individualized plans for scholars requiring additional support
• Help families navigate school and community resources related to mental health, housing, food insecurity, healthcare, and other needs when appropriate

• Participate in IEP, 504, MTSS/SST, eligibility, re-evaluation, and family meetings as appropriate
• Provide relevant social-emotional, behavioral, attendance, and family context to multidisciplinary teams
• Collaborate with the Exceptional Children's Coordinator and service providers to ensure scholars with disabilities receive coordinated academic, behavioral, and social-emotional support
• Support the implementation and progress monitoring of student intervention plans when counseling or behavioral supports are included

• Serve as the school's lead for attendance intervention and truancy prevention
• Monitor school wide and individual scholar attendance data to identify patterns…