Career Center

The Phelps School, a Grade 6-12 boarding and day school located in Malvern, Pennsylvania and enrolling 100 students, has an exciting employment opportunity for a full-time Middle School/Upper School Counselor. The School Counselor will report to the Head of School and will develop a comprehensive school counseling program that focuses on the social-emotional wellness of middle school and upper school students.

The Counselor will collaborate with administration, faculty, staff, and parents with identification and intervention of student’s social/emotional needs; serve as a resource for teachers and administrators in developing action plans for students needing support; provide leadership for the coordination of wellness programs; and ensure that each student has access to the school counseling program which advocates for all students in diverse cultural groups. 

Responsibilities: 

• Implement a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes student well being, provides preventative services, and responds to student emotional, psychological, academic, and social needs. 
• Collaborate with admin, faculty, staff, and parents with identification and intervention of student’s social/emotional needs. 
• Serve as a resource for teachers and administrators, developing action plans for students needing support, and broadly assisting the faculty's efforts to best serve students and to advance school-wide programming. 
• Advise students in making good decisions around social challenges, managing emotions, and applying interpersonal skills. 
• Provide assistance to individuals or/or groups of students during times of stress, transition, and change. 
• Ensure that students, families, and faculty members know the counselor is available to provide students effective and helpful emotional, psychological, and social support. 
• Curate creative digital resources for students, parents and teachers. 
• Instruct classes in mental wellness and social emotional learning. This includes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making.
• Ensure that families of students with emotional and other needs are well-counseled and, when appropriate, connected with external expertise. 
• Practice culturally sensitive advising and counseling. 
• Ensure that all students’ rights are respected and all students’ needs are met. 
• Execute student risk assessments based on best professional practices, and use data to identify student issues, needs, and challenges. 
• Develop strong relationships with external health professionals to ensure that students are connected with external resources when needed or appropriate, including referrals for long term support. 

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references electronically to employment@thephelpsschool.org. 

Preferred candidates for this position will hold a Master’s degree in School Counseling; Fulfill state certification and licensure standards; Have a minimum of five years of relevant experience providing counseling to both middle school and upper school students, grades 6-12, within an independent school setting.