POSTING

School Adjustment Counselor

2022-2023 Location: Teaticket School

JOB GOAL: To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in emotional and psychological growth and maturation.The School Adjustment Counselor will assist students with academic learning and academic achievement by providing strategic services that identify and address the social-emotional and behavioral concerns that interfere with learning. Working with parents/guardians, teachers, school principal/principal's designee and community based resources; the school adjustment counselor will implement strategies that promote students' positive school adjustment and overall well-being.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in social work or counseling psychology.
• MA DESE Licensed or eligible for licensure as a School Adjustment Counselor. Licensed Social Worker desirable.
• Demonstrated competence in establishing strong interpersonal relationships with children and adults.
• Knowledge of available human services in related areas.
• Two year's minimum experience in counseling school aged children in a schools setting, mental health clinic or appropriate human services agency, preferred.
• Intensive course work and practical experience in social work, clinical psychology, counseling, child development, education and group processes.
• Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply.
• Such other alternatives as the Superintendent of Schools may deem acceptable and appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a member of an evaluation team, writes measurable goals for IEP's to address social or emotional issues that are affecting a student's ability to access the general curriculum.

• Implements individual and group counseling and treatment services to pupils and parents as required by the IEP process.

• Conducts Functional Behavioral Assessment to aid in the development of a Behavior Intervention Plan for students who are experiencing difficulty meeting the behavioral expectations of the schools.

• Provides teacher consultation as necessary.

• Serves as a referral agent to obtain necessary aid from specialized public or private organizations.

• Provides pupil data and written reports as requested.

• Provides home assessment for Special Education evaluations as required.

• Attends staff meetings as requested.

• Supervises mental health-counseling interns as needed.

• Works to create a school climate of caring and mutual respect for all individuals.

• Works as a member of the school team that is available for crisis intervention to diffuse behavior problems.

• Performs other program-related duties as assigned.

__Crisis Intervention: Furnish information, which helps students to understand themselves, by working with them on an individual and group basis in the solution of personal problems. Be available to help students with concerns relative to home, health, school and emotional adjustment. Conduct classroom social skills activities as the need arises, especially as related to behavioral problems. Conduct home visits as required and provide the principal and/or designee with a report of such visits and interpretation of findings.

Special Education: Consult and work with principals and teachers in regard to the identification of children who have complex emotional problems. Work directly with the child concerned and cooperate with principals, parents, teachers and other school personnel in assisting such children. Establish positive relationships with the home for the purpose of assisting parents to improve economic, physical or social conditions that threaten the welfare of the child.

Case Management: Perform casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress. Perform casework service to parents, as an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parents' understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child's problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available. Consult and collaborate with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of the student's behavior. Supervise the referral of students to, and serve as liaison with, such outside agencies as Juvenile Court, DYS, etc., as appropriate.

General: Maintain adequate log of conferences with students, parents, and school personnel, available to principal and/or designee. Keep monthly reports of counseling activities, while maintaining confidentiality and privacy concerns. Participate in professional activities. Utilize appropriate school and community resources. Confer, when appropriate, with school staff, parents and community agencies. Communicate the role of the counselor to the school and community. Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents and the community. Fulfill such other responsibilities as may from time to time be assigned by the Principal and/or designee.

SALARY: In accordance with FEA contract.

APPLICATION: Internal Applicants please apply until filled to:

www.falmouth.k12.ma.us Lori Duerr, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools

INTERNAL POSTING DATE: 06/17/2022

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EOE: The School Committee affirms a policy which guarantees equal employment opportunity in the recruitment, application, selection, compensation, retention, transfer, promotion, benefits, work assignment and career progression process without discrimination for reasons of individual's race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, ancestry, citizenship, military status, sexual orientation, disability or genetic information.