School Counselor - Audubon Baton Rouge

Purpose of Position:
To provide counseling and support services to students

Employment Status:
Full-time Reporting

Reports to:

Principal

Location:

Assigned Campus

• Works with students to identify and evaluate their social/emotional abilities, interests, skills and achievement, individually and in small groups
• Provide short and long-term therapeutic counseling based on need
• Lead specific and general small groups of students to work on social skills
• Collaborate and participate in Tier 1 school SEL programming
• Advocate for students' needs with team leaders and teachers
• Attend/participate in all requested IEP/IAP/SAT meetings
• Work with Social Worker to schedule long-term services
• Provide parent resources for internal/external therapeutic services and appraisal
• Direct mental health services for students and families individually and group
• Provide staff resources for external mental health services
• Maintain communication/collaboration with parents and outside service providers
• Prompt attendance and active participation in all scheduled duty and event roles/assignments as directed by administration
• Participate in bimonthly principal/administrative meeting to update on all aspects of job
• Track student data & maintain detailed, compliant records and files
• Meet weekly with Principal/Administration to review strategies, population, & needs
• Work in tandem with school nurse to monitor/manage student medications
• Participate in Student Assistance Team (SAT) & IEP meetings as requested
• Perform all school duty/roles as scheduled
• Advise 8th graders on high school applications/transition processes

Engages in broader school improvement efforts and engages with external resources to ensure the school has access to the most current trends and resources in counseling.

• Works with colleagues to provide professional development that will enhance their understanding of how to support students' social-emotional growth and development.
• Maintains professional certifications, memberships, and training to enhance ability to support the school community.
• Adheres to a professional work schedule created collaboratively with or directly by administration.
• Transparent communication with principal regarding all important and/or emergency situations or incidents arising on a daily basis.
• Prompt attendance and active participation in all scheduled duty and event roles/assignments as directed by administration.
• Participate in bimonthly principal/administrative meetings to update on all aspects of the job.
• Regularly consults with parents, teachers, students, and external networks to provide information and supports that will benefit all students.
• Designs programs as needed to address emerging and identified student needs.
• Works with Curriculum Directors and lead teachers to plan and coordinate promotional and transitional activities/celebrations (high school information and application processes; if applicable)
• Other duties as assigned by the Site Administrator(s)

• Serves as a student advocate by consulting with parents or guardians, teachers, other educators, and community agencies regarding strategies to help students and families.
• Adheres to professional work schedule created collaboratively with or directly by administration
• Transparent communication with principal regarding all important and/or emergency situations or incidents arising on daily basis
• Conduct individual and small group counseling sessions to help students identify problems, causes, alternatives, and possible consequences as they confront challenges in relationships.
• Makes appropriate referrals to outside agencies as necessary.
• Provides crisis counseling which includes prevention, intervention and follow up
• Train students to serve as peer mediators, conflict managers, tutors, and mentors.

Proactively plans a curriculum of activities aligned with data and school specific needs

• Collaborates with other educators to deliver elements of the curriculum through infusion in other classroom disciplines.
• Conducts planned small group activities outside the classroom to respond to students' identified needs or interests.
• Plans and delivers workshops and information sessions aligned with the counseling curriculum for staff, parents, and guardians.

• Interest in providing only the highest quality educational, social and emotional experiences for students and their families
• Superior grasp of effective, research-based behavioral methods and…