US Counselor or Psychologist

The Upper School Counselor or Psychologist promotes student wellbeing, provides preventative mental health services, and addresses student emotional, psychological, academic, and social needs. This role serves as a resource for parents, teachers, and administrators, helping to develop action plans for student support. The Counselor collaborates with the Head of the Upper School, the Director of Wellbeing and Success, other Kinkaid counselors, and the student support team—including learning specialists, nurses, and deans—to advance student mental health and wellbeing.

The Counselor also upholds Kinkaid’s core documents: mission and core values, DEI commitment and strategic plan, Upper School Educational Philosophy, and the Portrait of a Teacher.

• Promote student health and wellbeing
• Provide preventative mental health services, and respond to student emotional, psychological, academic, and social needs
• Act as a resource for parents, teachers, and administrators, developing action plans for students needing support and broadly assisting the school’s efforts to best serve students
• Introduce students to mental health skills and strategies
• Execute student risk assessments based on best professional practices
• Provide crisis intervention when needed
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with external health professionals to facilitate student referrals to external resources and coordinate care and return to school when needed
• Assist learning specialists in interpreting educational and psycho-educational reports to help determine accommodations at Kinkaid and interpret findings to help others understand how the findings impact learning
• Collaborate with the counseling team and the Director of Wellbeing and Success to inform, create, and provide school programming in support of mental health and wellbeing
• Serve as guest lecturer in Upper School classes as needed
• Sponsor student groups responsible for peer mentoring in the Kinkaid community
• Support the school, its mission, and its leadership
• Engage in the school community by attending school athletic and art events
• Maintain collegiality and high professional standards
• Demonstrate the natural ability to model Kinkaid’s four core values (honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness) in interactions with all members of the community

• Master’s Degree or doctorate in psychology, counseling, or a related field and be licensed as a mental health clinician
• Core knowledge about the development of upper school age children
• Eagerness to grow professionally and remain current within the field
• Commitment to high ethical professional standards
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with administrators, teachers, and parents
• Committed to the positive intellectual, moral, personal, and physical growth of young people

The Kinkaid School provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law, The Kinkaid School complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.