2026 Summer Programs - Summer High School: Counselor

Somerville Public Schools • Somerville, MA

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About The Position

The summer counselor will provide immediate support and assistance as needed to students who are in need of social emotional or mental health support. The counselor will work with students in crisis, contributing to the implementation of a follow up plan with support team at the student’s summer school placement and outside services to ensure the student is adequately supported and monitored for as long as is needed. The summer counselor will also provide short-term assistance to family members to cope with the trauma associated with the student’s distresses.

Requirements

• Counselor Educator Licensure
• Ability to work collaboratively with teachers and families to support program access and effectively address issues that may arise.
• Familiarity with mental health theory, emerging promising practices, and Evidence based Practice
• Knowledge of trends and issues, laws and regulations related to the development and delivery of case management services helpful
• Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
• The ability to manage priorities under changing circumstances and timeframes
• Ability to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students; maintains and responds to social and emotional needs of students and staff
• Knowledge and appreciation of cultural difference; commitment to removing barriers to equity, access, and inclusion

Nice To Haves

• Adjustment Counselor Licensure
• Bilingual/multicultural communication with diverse students and families is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Summer School Program Director to support student’s social emotional and mental health needs during summer school programing hours.
• Engage individuals and families as partners in services and develop positive, hopeful, and trusting relationships.
• Mediate between students/families and other professional services to facilitate care plans, strengths assessments and external resources
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment when determining a course of action.
• Maintain the ability to compare and evaluate possible courses of conduct and actions, in consultations with the Director of Student Services.
• Build student relationships, as well as business relationships and strategic partnerships with other agencies and external resources.
• Recognize and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
• Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance, and the ability to react effectively in a wide variety of human service situations
• Performs other tasks as assigned by the Director of Student Services, and Co-Director of Summer Programs

What This Job Offers

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