High School Counselor

PRIMARY

PURPOSE:

Provide counseling services (i.e., academic, career, preventive, and guidance) for high school students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/FUNCTIONS:

• Provide comprehensive school counseling services such as individual counseling, crisis intervention, and provide spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical support.
• Organize and lead large and small group guidance sessions and activities.
• Facilitates discussions and consultation with parents, teachers, and administrators regarding special concerns and needs of students.
• Coordinate and assist with review of student requests for accepted accommodations and filing necessary paperwork with Collegeboard and ACT.
• Maintain accurate records when communicating with students, parents and teachers about intervention plans, reasonable accommodations and progress reports.
• Develop guidance units that respond to student needs.
• Coordinate other guidance related services (i.e., testing, advisement, and information sessions).
• Serve as liaison between school, community and other resources to meet the needs of students.
• Monitors academic progress of each student alongside the advisor
• Works closely with advisors, students, families, and faculty in advance of course scheduling
• Devises plans in response to academic or behavioral concerns
• Support the social-emotional development of students using the CASEL program.
• Supporting and leading change by helping to identify, plan for, and lead change to support HBA’s mission and values.

OTHER DUTIES/FUNCTIONS:

• Make appropriate referrals and coordinate with external therapists and other specialists.
• Administer and interpret achievement and aptitude tests.
• Maintain student records.
• Contribute to building a supportive and caring climate for students and staff.
• Maintain high level of customer satisfaction by demonstrating active listening, empathy, problem-solving, follow-through and clear communication
• Have an ability to build and strengthen positive relationships among students, parents, and teachers
• Have an ability to exercise excellent judgement and decision making
• Have exemplary organisational skills along with the ability to establish and manage multiple caseloads
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills
• Maintain patience, flexibility and a sense of humour.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Spiritual :
  Must have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their life and demonstrate a living relationship with Jesus Christ as described in “The Baptist Faith and Message”, the tenets of the Southern Baptist denomination. Must be an active member of a local Southern Baptist church that is affiliated with the Hawaii Baptist Convention or a church of like faith and practice as determined by the Board of Directors of Hawaii Baptist Academy.
• Skills/Knowledge :
  Must display good communication skills. Must have skills to do individual and group counselling. Knowledge in areas of psychology and parenting skills. Ability to work with a variety of people as a team player.
• Education/Training :
  Bachelor’s degree in education or psychology from an accredited university/college. Master degree in School Counseling and Guidance preferred.
• Experience :
  Teaching/counselling experience preferred.

SALARY RANGE: *$53,000 to $92,646 * ( The pay rate reflects the range of pay for faculty, which is dependent upon educational degree and years of relevant experience.)