Licensed School Counselor

Child Guidance Resource•Haverford Township, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Elementary Education Services (EES) program’s School Counselor provides academic support, supervision, and behavioral health intervention in the school setting including specific therapeutic support services such as crisis intervention techniques, immediate behavioral reinforcements, emotional support, timeout strategies, and personal emergency interventions, as necessary. They will assist with assessment, and clinical, and administrative supervision and duties.

Requirements

Licensed School Counselor

Responsibilities

Provides behavioral support, as prescribed in the students IEP, including crisis intervention techniques, immediate behavioral reinforcements, emotional support, time-structing activities, time-out strategies and psychosocial, rehabilitative activities.
Supports teachers in their implementation of the IEP prescribed for the child or adolescent i.e. classroom support, support in implementing lessons, etc.
Monitors client's daily progress and data on goals and objectives, as prescribed in the treatment plan and provides data as requested for evaluations and IEP.
Provides consistent communication and feedback to the family and other team members on client's progress.
Supervises the self-administration of client medication. Ascertains through questions that clients' understand his/her prescribed medication- dose, side effects, etc., as guided by a registered nurse.
Facilitates Social Skills groups as needed.
Conducts assessment of strengths and therapeutic needs of students.
Is able to intervene and provide immediate assistance in crisis situations.
Completes all documentation requirements within time-frames; completes all forms, consistent with CGRC corporate compliance procedures.
Completes all training and actively participates in required supervision in accordance with program and agency guidelines.