K-8 School Counselor

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Grant Funded position. CANDIDATE MUST HOLD A VALID SCHOOL COUNSELOR PreK-12 CERTIFICATE.

SUMMARY This position will focus on student academic success and preventative services for all students and will also provide intervention services for students identified academically emotionally or socially at-risk. This position is funded by and serves the requirements of the SSP-ESSER Program at the school for which it is awarded.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES including the following. Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with a qualified disability to perform the essential functions.

• Connects families with appropriate community and government resources and recommendations (i.e. transportation insurance mental health food service providers etc.)
• Provides and participates in crisis intervention
• Consults and collaborates with teachers staff families and other educational/community resources to meet the needs of students in the educational setting
• Plans teaches and monitors social/emotional/behavioral interventions for increasedachievement of students when needed
• Uses skill-based interventions for students struggling with academic social or emotional challenges
• Supports individual students and/or groups of students
• Facilitates support groups to meet the various personal social and academic needs of identified students
• Trains school staff on suicide and self-injury protocol Department of Child Safety (DCS) reporting bully prevention and harassment/sexual harassment issues
• Provides counseling to students who are frequently tardy and/or absent upon administrator referral
• Uses student data to plan implement and assess school-wide interventions
• Helps to identify and support school-wide prevention efforts
• Supports campus-wide PBIS implementation
• Provides parent education and community outreach
• Coordinates develops and maintains 504 plans for individual student accommodations
• Participates as needed at special education meetings to advocate for students as well as collaborate and consult with teachers and parents about educational goals
• Cultivates and promotes a culture of wellness and self-care
• Attends required program training and conduct required program activities including implementation of social emotional learning strategies
• Implements School Counselor responsibilities as recommended by the American School Counselor Association

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position has no supervisor responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Masters or more advanced degree from an accredited institution.
• Completion of a graduate program in guidance and counseling from an accredited institution; OR completion of a graduate program in counseling social work or psychology with six (6) semester hours in any of the following courses: school counseling college and career counseling or academic advising; OR valid license as an associate counselor professional counselor master or clinical social worker or marriage and family therapist issued by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners with six (6) semester hours in any of the following areas: school counseling college and career guidance or academic advising; OR completion of a graduate program in academic advising with six (6) semester hours in any of the following areas: social and emotional development mental health counseling trauma and disaster counseling multiculturalism in counseling theories of counseling foundations of school counseling or child and adolescent counseling; OR a valid comparable School Counselor certificate from another state and is in good standing with that state.
• Or an equivalent combination of relevant education training certifications skills and/or work experience as approved by the Principal along with a Plan of Development.

CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS

• Valid Arizona Standard School Counselor PreK-12 certificate
• Valid Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read analyze and interpret common and technical journals reports and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management public groups and/or governing boards.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to work with mathematical concepts and fundamentals of math. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions percentages ratios and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The primary work environment is indoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.