School Counselor

AB Staffing Solutions•Mundelein, IL

14h•Onsite

About The Position

AB Staffing is looking for an experienced School Counselor that is available for the 2025/2026 school year. The caseload and details of the position/classroom type will differ based on school location. Recruitment Specialists can discuss these details in detail upon application to connect you to the classroom that best suits your experience and skillset. This is a contract position through the extended 2025/2026 school year, following the academic district calendar, with 35 to 40 hours per week.

Requirements

Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with School Counselor Endorsement
Must possess strong communication and organizational skills.
Must demonstrate initiative and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Must have the ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time; see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone; and the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with preschool and school-aged populations is preferred.

Responsibilities

Works to resolve students' educational handicaps; works to discover and develop special abilities of students; works to prevent students from dropping out of school.
Helps register students new to the school and orients them to school procedures and the school’s varied opportunities for learning; provides assistance to students in course and subject selection; maintains student records and protects their confidentiality.
Assists students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such situations as home and family relations, peer relations, health, and emotional adjustment; is available to students to provide counseling in such areas as personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity.
Conducts small group counseling on student-selected and counselor-identified topics such as study skills, social skills, anger management, self-esteem, changing families, and grief.
Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations; helps students evaluate career interests and choices; may organize and conduct career day.
Provides crisis counseling when needed, for prevention, intervention, and follow-up, with referrals, when necessary, to community resources.
Offers in-service training in school counseling topics for staff; collaborates with administrators and faculty on matters of student discipline, developmental issues, and identifying significant behaviors such as suicide, self-harm, and depression.
Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large; confers with parents whenever necessary.
Performs other related work as assigned.