(Glendale) School Counselor (July Start)

Sun Valley Academy•Glendale, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As the School Counselor, you will be responsible for providing individuals with social, emotional and behavioral counseling in a school setting. The School Counselor will assist students in all grades at the South Mountain campus. You will also provide a range of psychological services including class, group, and individual counseling, collaborate with teachers and parents on early identification and intervention of student's academic and social/emotional needs, and assist students in removing barriers to learning and developing skills and behaviors critical for academic achievement. You will assess students' abilities, interest, and achievements to help them make decisions about their future, provide professional assistance and support to a student or small group of students during times of transition, heightened stress, critical change or other situations impeding student success, and recognize and respond to student mental health needs and assist students and families seeking resources. You will share strategies supporting student achievement with parents, teachers, other educators and community organizations, collaborate with educators, parents and the community to support student achievement, and provide support to students and families needing school or community resources for additional assistance and information. Additionally, you will contribute to the development of social-behavioral elements of the IEP process, and when applicable, participate in Leadership team meetings to provide updates about important relevant topics/issues. You will also assist in crisis intervention, e.g., suicide assessment, threat to other assessments, and participate on the crisis response team. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Education in Counseling, Psychology or Social Work
Current and active Arizona School Counseling Certification
Prior experience in a K-8 setting
Experience working with an ethnically diverse urban population

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering counseling services in a school setting
Clinical or license to deliver therapy/counseling services
Bilingual skills

Responsibilities

Provide a range of psychological services including class, group, and individual counseling
Collaborate with teachers and parents on early identification and intervention of student's academic and social/emotional needs.
Assist students in removing barriers to learning and developing skills and behaviors critical for academic achievement.
Assess students' abilities, interest, and achievements to help them make decisions about their future.
Provide professional assistance and support to a student or small group of students during times of transition, heightened stress, critical change or other situations impeding student success.
Recognize and respond to student mental health needs and assist students and families seeking resources.
Share strategies supporting student achievement with parents, teachers, other educators and community organizations.
Collaboration with educators, parents and the community to support student achievement.
Provide support to students and families needing school or community resources for additional assistance and information.
Contribute to the development of social-behavioral elements of the IEP process.
When applicable, participate in Leadership team meetings to provide updates about important relevant topics/issues.
Assist in crisis intervention, e.g., suicide assessment, threat to other assessments.
Participate on the crisis response team.
Other duties as assigned.