School Adjustment Counselor

SEEM Collaborative • Stoneham, MA

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About The Position

SEEM Collaborative is seeking a compassionate, skilled, and student-centered Social Worker/School Counselor to join our multidisciplinary team. This position offers the opportunity to support students with diverse learning, social-emotional, and behavioral needs in a collaborative educational environment. The School Counselor plays a vital role in promoting student well-being, fostering resilience, and partnering with educators, families, and related service providers to help every student reach their full potential.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and Certification as a School Social Worker or School Adjustment Counselor required
• DESE License required
• Previous experience working with students with Emotional/Behavorial disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides therapeutic direction to staff on an ongoing basis regarding students facing specific challenges in their ability to function safely at school or for students in crisis.
• Has the ability to carefully diagnose student difficulties and share this information in a useful and purposeful way with classroom staff.
• Provides outreach to families and effectively connects the families to the classroom staff and to the educational program for that student.
• Participates in IEP meetings and assists in the development of social-emotional goals for the student to be included on the IEP.
• Prepares students for transitions and changes as needed (e.g. high school, preparation of the Transition Planning Form, moving, changes in family structure etc).
• Provides emergency consultation and/or responds to crisis intervention as necessary.
• Provides individual and small group counseling sessions and social skills groups as deemed appropriate in cooperation with the program principal/executive director.
• Provides emotional support for students by being available for check-ins as needed and by providing social scripts/stories.
• Provides consultation and training for staff to aid carryover of social and play/leisure skills to the classroom.
• Provides training for staff and students in Bullying Prevention Plan and curriculum.
• Provides instruction for students related to Physical Health, Social Emotional Helath and Safety and Prevention Strands of the MA Curriculum Frameworks.
• Supervises the Behavior Support Assistant in implmentation of social skills instruction.
• Functions as the primary liaison to caregivers in many instances.
• Leads family meetings and functions as a resource to families.
• Assists families in accessing community supports.
• Functions as the case manager and keeps the team in close communication and coordinates with collateral supports
• Assists in the intake process for new referrals.
• Assists with coordination of school-wide and community events.
• Other duties as assigned by the program principal or executive director.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level