School Counselor

School Counselor- CY-1710

Provides a comprehensive school counseling program that is preventative in design, developmental in implementation, and supports students in the areas of academic achievement, individual student planning, and personal and social development. The incumbent also serves as a consultant to educators, families and community partners.

• Provides individual and group academic counseling services to students to prepare students to deal with life situations and personal issues to succeed in academics which may include referral to social service or community resources as appropriate.
• Counsels with students on a regular basis regarding careers, educational, social interests' and/or other similar matters, helping them to explore alternatives.
• Utilizes diagnostic and assessment procedures as appropriate. Collects, organizes and interprets student data for appraisal purposes. Prepares case summaries for professional use. Uses data for planning, implementation, progress review and evaluation of student's counseling plans.
• Sets up, maintains files and records of individual and group counseling sessions. Prepares letters to parents, progress reports, referrals and related documents. Provides safeguards for the utilization of confidential student data.
• Works closely with the academic staff to follow the academic growth of students. Recommends conferences to discuss individual student problems experienced in the academic area for the purpose of arriving at solutions to student problems.