What are the responsibilities and job description for the Guidance Counselor/School Adjustment Counselor position at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School?
Description: Shawsheen Valley Technical High School is seeking a Guidance Counselor/School Adjustment Counselor for the 2024-2025 school year to provide guidance and career counseling to students on their guidance caseload.
Qualifications:
MA DESE Guidance Counselor/School Adjustment Counselor license, or the equivalent.
Previous counseling experience, preferably with adolescents.
Career Counseling background preferred.
Experience with the following: delivering classroom lessons connected to comprehensive guidance curriculum; identifying and providing the appropriate information/resources to assist students in career planning; consulting with staff and outside professionals in educational, psychiatric, counseling, court, and other settings; demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations and stakeholders; understanding and adhering to ethical/legal issues in counseling; and knowledge of technology to assist students with scheduling and career planning.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1.Implement and maintain the delivery of support and educational counseling for all assigned students in individual and group settings to assure adjustment to school and to vocational placements.
2.Provide crisis intervention counseling in collaboration with school administrators as needed.
3.Serve as liaison for assigned students in collaborating with parents, teachers, administrators, and agencies as appropriate.
4.Collaborate with outside counseling, psychiatric, court, and educational personnel to assist students.
5.Work collaboratively with 504 Plan Coordinator to support students on 504 Accommodation Plans including the conducting of parent meetings and collaborating with teachers to ensure provision of required support.
6.Familiarity and/or willingness to become familiar with use of computer hardware and software tools i.e., Naviance, Aspen, Schoology.
7.Provides comprehensive school counseling services that include education, prevention, and intervention activities.
8.Develops and maintains appropriate communications with parents regarding their respective child’s progress. This will include telephone, written and parent conference efforts.
Salary:
$62,346.23 - $104,638.45
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, does not discriminate on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX, including in admission and employment. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The Notice of Nondiscrimination is located at www.shawsheentech.org.
Salary : $62,346 - $104,638