Adjustment Counselor - Grades 7 & 8

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Primary Functions: • The School Adjustment Counselor (SAC) helps children through individual casework, community resources, consultation with other school staff members and continuous collaboration with teachers, administrators and other non-instructional school staff members Major Areas of Responsibility • In the home, the SAC interviews and confers with parents and works toward adjustment in home conditions or refers parents to outside social agencies • In the community, the SAC uses social agencies of the community in the referral process, prepares clients for services and case studies for referral, and cooperates in case plans. • In the school, the SAC is the school’s consultant on children with special problems. The SAC coordinates the plans of school, home and community agencies • The unique contribution the SAC makes to the school’s efforts lies in the ability to gather pertinent social history, interview skillfully and tie together the efforts of the school, home and community • Coordinates Student Individual Success Plans Illustration of Key Duties • Prepares case histories • Refers to community agencies • Works with students who exhibit social, emotional, behavioral and/or academic difficulty • Provides support and/or consultation to teachers regarding social, emotional and behavioral needs of students • Provides communication link to coordinate between home and school • Provides crisis intervention services to students as needed • Arranges conferences for children who exhibit adjustment problems • Investigates pupil absence where absence is because of social-emotional problems • Works with needy pupils • Performs other duties assigned by the building principal