2025-26 School Counselor

Description

Department: Support Services

FLSA Classification: Exempt (Salary)

Job Type: Full-Time (10-month)

Hours: 40 hours a week

Start Date: August 2025

About McGehee School

The Louise S. McGehee School, founded in 1912, and located on a one-of-a-kind campus in the Garden District of New Orleans, McGehee is a private, independent, all-girls pre-K, kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school. Educating and inspiring students from communities across the area from Metairie to the Westbank, Gentilly to Uptown, River Ridge and beyond, McGehee is a diverse and inclusive prep school welcoming all qualified girls regardless of race, religion, national or ethnic origin. For more information, please visit www.mcgeheeschool.com.

Position Description

We seek a full-time licensed counselor/psychologist to support the mental health and well-being of our students, through partnership with colleagues, parents, and outside professionals. This position reports to the Head of Upper School and works in collaboration with the administrative team and faculty. Experience working in a school setting is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide student support services (social, behavioral, emotional) for students from Little Gate through senior year. Offer prevention and intervention strategies to help students develop effective coping skills and responses to their environments
• Triage and address immediate counseling and psychological needs of students. Provide leadership and guidance in crisis situations
• Collaborate with division heads on specific student concerns and issues
• Teach health education modules on emotional health techniques in Living Skills and Crossroads programs
• Actively participate in the school community
• Implement counseling and social skills groups to help support students. Integrate social emotional programs with the administrative team to address identified student wellness goals
• Advise and educate parents and faculty of approaches to child development, student learning, and behavioral and social challenges
• Foster multicultural competency and an inclusive learning and work environment utilizing best clinical and teaching practices
• Develop and/or deliver faculty training/consultation and professional development opportunities to support and address the community’s specific needs
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum Required Degree: LPC, LCSW, Psy.D., PhD
• Required Experience: 3 years of clinical experience in school with ages 4-18
• Effective interpersonal skills and proven success working collaboratively
• Demonstrated experience in psychotherapeutic intervention and problem-solving abilities with children, adolescents, and adults
• Discretion and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills
• Collaborates with flexibility, optimism, energy and a sense of humor
• Understands social and emotional development of children and adolescents, as well as familiarity with rigorous school curriculum and culture
  
  

Work Conditions & Physical Capabilities

• Regularly works in standard office or classroom conditions and climate.
• Regularly uses close and distance vision, including working at a computer screen for extended periods of time.
• Sitting, standing, walking, running as required during the work day.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, fellow staff and community members.
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend, to stoop, to reach, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive compensation commensurate with education and experience
• Benefits available: PTO, paid holidays, 403(b), and paid parental leave (after eligible time period)
• Insurance Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D (after eligible time period)
  
  

Louise S. McGehee School is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. McGehee does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you have questions, please email careers@mcgeheeschool.com.