School Counselor, Elementary School (SY 2023-2024) Job at Sargent Rehabilitation Center
Countryside Elementary School
Loudoun County School District
Sterling, Virginia
Job Details
Job ID: 4250108
Application Deadline: Posted until Filled
Posted : May 8, 2023
Starting Date: Immediately
Job Description
Position Overview
To help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans appropriate to their age/maturity level leading to their development as productive citizens; to help students develop their potential to live full, useful lives.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Works to resolve students' educational handicaps; works to discover and develop special abilities of students; works to prevent students from dropping out of school
- Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such situations as home and family relations, peer relations, health, and emotional adjustment; is available to students to provide counseling in such areas as personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity
- Conducts small group counseling on student-selected and counselor-identified topics such as study skills, social skills, anger management, self-esteem, changing families, and grief
- Creates and provides classroom instruction every two to three weeks through lessons promoting character education, self-advocacy, occupational choices, and bullying prevention based on Virginia Department of Education and American School Counselor Association standards for school counseling programs
- Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations; helps students evaluate career interests and choices; may organize and conduct career day
- Provides crisis counseling when needed, for prevention, intervention, and follow-up, with referrals, when necessary, to community resources
- Provides in-service training in school counseling for staff; collaborates with administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline, developmental issues, and identifying significant behaviors such as suicide, self-harm, and depression
- Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large; confers with parents whenever necessary
- Performs other related work as assigned
Qualifications
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EducationMaster’s degree from an accredited college or university and completion of an approved school counseling program
ExperienceSuccessful full-time teaching or school guidance and counseling
Licenses/CertificationsEligibility for appropriate licensure
An active Licensed Professional Counseling (LPC) license issued by the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (DHP) may be considered in lieu of these requirements
Physical Requirements
The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers
accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
FLSA Status: Exempt
Months/Days/Hours: 10 Month/ 197 Days/ 7.5 Hours
Reports To: Principal and/or Assistant Principal
Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation
Position Type: Full-time
Positions Available: 1
- Job Category : Student Services > School/Guidance Counselor
Job Requirements
- No experience required
Contact Information
Recruitment -
21000 Education Court
Ashburn, Virginia 20148
Phone: (571) 252-1000
Email:
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