Immediate Certified School Counselor 7-12

Guidance Counselor
DEPARTMENT: Administration
REPORTS TO: Principal
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

Position Summary: The Guidance Counselor provides support services to the students enrolled at Health Sciences Charter School, counseling students on issues affecting their education in school and out of school, evaluating student's skills and abilities, and ensuring they are prepared for later vocational as well as educational opportunities.

Responsibilities:

1. Counsel students in order to help them understand and overcome their personal, social and/or behavioral issues affecting their education.
2. Provide crisis intervention to students during difficult situations at or outside of school.
3. Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators or other professionals to discuss student's progress, resolve behavioral, academic or other problems regarding the student in order to determine how to meet the student's needs.

1. Preserve accurate and complete records as required by law, district policies and administrative standards.
2. Prepare students for later educational opportunities by evaluating their abilities, interests, skills, and personality characteristics through the use of tests, records, interviews or professional sources.
3. Aid students in career planning and career exploration.
4. Counsel students on educational issues, such as class selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustments, excessive absenteeism, study habits, and career planning.
5. Conduct follow-up interviews to check the progress of students, identify whether their needs are being met and take initiatives to meet the student's needs.
6. Identify domestic problems that are affecting students and encourage them and their family to seek assistance from mental health professionals.
7. Provide additional support to students, educating them on drug and alcohol prevention, sex education, and conflict resolution.
8. Other duties as assigned and requested.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Certification in School Counseling required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, electronic student management, grading, and other instructional technologies.

Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality when appropriate.
• Ability to work well independently or as part of a team.
• Showing problem sensitivity by being able to identify that something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Ability to make difficult decisions independently, involving multiple functions within and/or outside of the organization.
• Strong conflict resolution skills.

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