Mental Health/ Behavioral Counselor

Great Hearts Academies • Scottsdale, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students' hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies, a growing network of 49 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free classical schools in Phoenix (AZ), Baton Rouge (LA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), and San Antonio (TX).

Great Hearts currently provides over 30,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually and morally.

Requirements

• Master's degree in counseling psychology, clinical psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy OR the equivalent
• US work authorization is required
• Successful completion of a criminal history background check and fingerprint clearance in accordance with state requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in crisis counseling, safety/threat assessment, and school-based counseling.
• Specialized training and experience in working with students with disabilities is also ideal.
• Certifications: LMSW, LCSW, MFT, LPC, or the equivalent

Responsibilities

• Planning and oversight of the school counseling services provided
• Managing and conducting therapy with IEP & 504 students with counseling on their plans
• Managing and conducting therapy with general education students with counseling on their plans
• Crisis support as needed
• To act as a liaison for students with social & emotional needs
• Work with academy level staff to aid in staff training, creation, implementation, and monitoring of scholar behavior support plans and related tasks.
• Support general education and special education teachers in behavior system creation and implementation
• Provide coaching to classroom staff implementing new behavior support plans
• Meeting with site-based teams during initial implementation
• Coach new teachers on classroom management strategies
• Provide and model tier I/II strategies for academy staff
• Collect relevant data during plan implementation and guide academy staff on behavior data collection
• Assists site teams in analyzing data related to the needs of the academy
• Provide behavior crisis support as needed
• Fidelity check completion for behavior support plans
• Providing re-occurring direct and group school-based counseling to general education students returning and newly identified through a referral process. As the counseling is school based it is limited in scope and duration.
• Responding to and providing limited-scope direct and group crisis counseling to students and staff in an emergency situation.
• On an on-call basis, responding to students experiencing active suicidal and/or homicidal ideation and threats and acute psychosis. Collaborating with families, academy administration and staff to develop a plan in response to student's' needs and psychiatric presentation to ensure safety for involved individuals.
• Consulting with families, Great Hearts and Academy administrative staff in assessing threat and risk to self and others.
• Providing students, families and staff referral information for local and community agencies where continued and long-term support may be obtained.
• Providing direct personal and group counseling and consultative services to students with IEPs in the school environment, assisting general education staff in the implementation of behavioral accommodations and behavior plans.
• Developing a schedule for the planned counseling sessions for each of the assigned schools. These schools will be mainly located in the west valley, and perhaps in the north part of town.
• Ongoing communication and collaboration with parents, staff, and administrative staff regarding student planning and progress.
• Attending applicable IEP and special education evaluation meetings and completing relevant portions of the special education paperwork and quarterly progress reports.

Benefits

• Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
• Uniquely valuable professional development offerings, from great books seminars with academy colleagues, to leadership and special education coursework/pathways, to reduced tuition graduate degree support with select partner universities

What This Job Offers

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