What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intensive Clinical Counselor - (Anticipated) position at TrulyHired?
JOB GOAL: To develop and continuously improve a high-functioning, school-based, intensive (Tier 3) intervention providing clinical and behavioral supports and skill development to young children (grades K-4) struggling with complex, often trauma-induced, behavioral health challenges.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
Student Services > School/Guidance Counselor
Student Services > Social Worker
Equal Opportunity Employer
Holyoke Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national Origin, ancestry, age, sex, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Job Requirements
Contact Information
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works with school leaders, counselors, teachers, paraprofessionals, and external support organizations to develop and continuously improve a program dedicated to supporting students struggling with complex behavioral health challenges.
- For each student participating in the Tier 3 intervention, develops and ensures effective implementation of a comprehensive plan integrating clinical, care coordination, family, and classroom supports.
- Facilitates an effective entry process for each student, including an entry meeting with the student's parent/caregiver during which respectful school/family partnership is prioritized and modeled.
- Provides 1:1 and/or small-group clinical intervention to participating students on a flexible, as-needed basis, employing clinical methods that are most appropriate for meeting the goals in each student's plan.
- Engages in consistent two-way communication with the families of participating students to keep them apprised of student progress and gather feedback and information to support student learning and well-being, including making home visits to families where appropriate.
- Pro-actively communicates with educator colleagues and school administrators regarding the progress and status of each participating student, maintaining student confidentiality as appropriate.
- Works closely with each participating student's teacher(s), using consultative and coaching approaches as needed, to support integration of strategies successful for that student into the regular classroom setting.
- Organizes and facilitates meetings with staff of collateral support organizations prior to and during students' participation in the Tier 3 intervention.
- Where a gap in services needed to support a participating student's success is identified, works with the student's parent/caregiver(s) to ensure access to that service (via referral and all needed follow-through with both service providers and the family).
- Serves as Principal's designee in providing functional support/supervision to all staff members and volunteers assigned to the Tier 3 intervention.
- Maintains an environment in the space(s) dedicated to the Tier 3 intervention that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
- Monitors progress of students who have transitioned out of the Tier 3 intervention.
- Ensures that all required data is gathered and entered into data management systems according to program procedures.
- Participates in professional development activities and works to integrate learning from those activities into their practice in order to continuously improve the Tier 3 intervention.
- Attends staff meetings and serves on staff and/or school committees as appropriate.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Massachusetts Certification in Academic Professional Support Personnel, School Social Worker/Adjustment Counselor with SEI Endorsement preferred.
- Demonstrated skill and experience setting clinical and behavioral goals and providing direct clinical supports and skill-building to young children in the school setting,
- Demonstrated skill and experience working with parents/guardians from an assets/strengths-based perspective
- Excellent case management skills, including collaborating with collateral/community-based mental health providers
- Demonstrated effectiveness with development and continuous improvement of student support programming within a school environment
- Demonstrated effectiveness providing functional supervision to other professionals/paraprofessionals
- Bilingual (Spanish-English) and Bicultural (Latinx) candidates strongly preferred
- Such additional qualifications as the school to which they are assigned may find appropriate and acceptable
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
- Position Type:Full-time
- Positions Available:2
Student Services > School/Guidance Counselor
Student Services > Social Worker
Equal Opportunity Employer
Holyoke Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national Origin, ancestry, age, sex, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Job Requirements
- No experience required
Contact Information
- Christie Elman , Director of Recruitment and Induction
- 57 Suffolk Street
- Holyoke,Massachusetts 01040
- Phone: 413-657-6386
- Email: click here
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