High School Counselor

High School Counselor

Iroquois County Unit 9 Watseka Community High School - Watseka, Illinois Open in Google Maps

Job : 4897925

Final date to receive applications: Oct 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Dec 09, 2024 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

SUMMARY / DUTIES

Provide a problem-solving service to children and their families. Serves as a member of diagnostic teams and members of educational planning and placement committees and provides biological, psychological, and sociological assessment information.

JOB GOALS:

• Serve as counselor/consultant to students, parents, and teachers.
• Offer educational group work services to students.
• Offer casework services to children who have been referred and seem unable to adjust or conform to the school setting or management techniques.
• Participate as a member of the school personnel team and make written evaluations at multidisciplinary staffing.
• Make referrals of children or families to appropriate agencies when severe problems hinder adjustment.
• Conduct and assist in-service workshops training with teachers in continuing professional development.
• Confer with school administrators on cases and situations relative to children's adjustments to school experiences and realities of life.
• Collaborate in community planning for crisis intervention and participate with professional groups to reduce social problems.
• Write reports as necessary and exchange information with other agencies on behalf of students, when requested by parents.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree in Counseling/Social Work
• A Type 73 School Service Personnel Certificate
• Be registered as a Certified Counselor/Social Worker
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

Board paid single Health/Dental/Vision/Life insurance

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $43,307 Per Year

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Connie Breeling
• 1411 West Lafayette Street
• Watseka, Illinois 60970
• Phone:
• Email: connie.breeling

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