School Adjustment Counselor (High School)
About The Position
As a School Adjustment Counselor at Veritas Prep High School you’ll partner with teachers, leaders, and staff to ensure our students have the support they need to achieve, grow, and thrive at school. You’ll provide counseling services, develop and facilitate small skill-building groups, create and monitor behavior plans, and provide a variety of other social, emotional, and behavioral supports to students with and without special education needs. You’ll be an integral part of our Student Support Team, which includes outside service providers, Adjustment Counselors, Special Education Teachers, Student Success Coaches, and the College and Career Counselors. You’ll also: Provide casework/group work services to scholars and/or families to enhance scholars’ educational progress Cultivate relationships with community organizations and connect students to appropriate resources for social and mental health services when needed Provide positive outreach to parents and/or scholars in target populations to facilitate scholars’ productive engagement in school Assist with the assessment, creation, implementation, and monitoring of individualized behavior plans Assist with the development of standard procedures to handle crises and support the training of staff to implement those procedures Assist in developing and implementing prevention activities and services in the school community, such as peer mediation and bullying prevention, leading community meetings around relevant topics for scholars Consult with staff, scholars, parents, and community agencies, acting as a liaison between these groups to ensure the social-emotional needs of scholars are being met Participate in scholar support and IEP meetings, contributing information on scholars’ social/developmental histories to develop a complete and holistic assessment of scholar’s needs Develop and monitor student progress toward social emotional goals Collaboratively develop IEPs for related services and write IEP progress reports during each marking period Engage in learning about racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education Build positive, meaningful relationships with colleagues, students, parents and families Actively engage in professional development to continually improve your practice
Requirements
- An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
- A passion for continuous growth as a counselor
- A dedication to fighting racism in our educational institutions and in daily life and knowledge of the history of race and racism, as well as the systems of oppression our students face
- Degree in social work, school counseling, or a related field
- Appropriate license issued by Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Work or Massachusetts Board of Allied Mental Health Professionals OR have or be eligible for a MA School Adjustment Counselor or School Social Worker license
- Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
- Alignment with our Values of
- Students First: We make decisions with our students in mind and know our actions model the way.
- Grow Together: We are role models of growth mindset, teamwork, and collaboration.
- One Team, One Mission: We cheer for, lean on, and support each other as we play unique roles in support of the same mission.
Nice To Haves
- One to two years of school counseling experience at the secondary level (preferred)
- Proficiency in Spanish (preferred)
- Training in administering functional behavioral assessments (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Provide casework/group work services to scholars and/or families to enhance scholars’ educational progress
- Cultivate relationships with community organizations and connect students to appropriate resources for social and mental health services when needed
- Provide positive outreach to parents and/or scholars in target populations to facilitate scholars’ productive engagement in school
- Assist with the assessment, creation, implementation, and monitoring of individualized behavior plans
- Assist with the development of standard procedures to handle crises and support the training of staff to implement those procedures
- Assist in developing and implementing prevention activities and services in the school community, such as peer mediation and bullying prevention, leading community meetings around relevant topics for scholars
- Consult with staff, scholars, parents, and community agencies, acting as a liaison between these groups to ensure the social-emotional needs of scholars are being met
- Participate in scholar support and IEP meetings, contributing information on scholars’ social/developmental histories to develop a complete and holistic assessment of scholar’s needs
- Develop and monitor student progress toward social emotional goals
- Collaboratively develop IEPs for related services and write IEP progress reports during each marking period
- Engage in learning about racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education
- Build positive, meaningful relationships with colleagues, students, parents and families
- Actively engage in professional development to continually improve your practice
Benefits
- Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Plans
- Paid Family/Medical Leave Insurance (private and meets state requirements)
- Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (100% employer paid)
- Enrollment in Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (teacher pension program)
- Employee Assistance Program (100% employer paid)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), and more...
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
