Details
Posted: 19-Jun-22
Location: Weston, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: Masters
Categories:
School Counseling
Date Posted: June 2022 Start Date: August 2022 Description: 11 month, full-time exempt position
The Cambridge School of Weston seeks a School Counselor with an interest in working in a collaborative school community. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated interest in working with adolescents and their families, preferably in a school setting.
Clinical Role:
- Provide school-based counseling inclusive of social/emotional support for individual students as well as small groups.
- Provide triage care for emerging and ongoing emotional health issues and make referrals to outside clinicians for assessment and treatment planning.
- Provide consultation and education regarding adolescent mental health, learning, and development issues for students, faculty, and parents/guardians.
- In partnership with the director of counseling services, serve as a health-based resource to affinity and alliance groups as needed.
- Provide programmatic incident/crisis management consultation to Head of School/Crisis Response Team as requested/needed.
Administrative/Programmatic Role:
- Serve as a resource for advisors in matters of partnering with families, individual student issues, and general school procedures.
- Faculty/Staff advisor for the Mental Health Awareness group
- Develop, in conjunction with the Health Team, Assistant Head of School for Student Life, and Director of Residential Life personal, social, and health education lessons/discussions to be delivered through the advising and residential programs.
The School Counselor is a Member of:
• The Health Team: (convenor) Meets regularly to discuss health issues and health programming.
• The Core Team: Meets weekly to discuss students in need.
• Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Empowerment (SHARE): Assists in the coordination of education/prevention efforts regarding issues of sexual harassment and assault.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Masters level mental health clinician (license strongly preferred)
- Minimum of 2-5 years in related field
- Demonstrated interest and experience working with adolescents
- Experience at an Independent School preferred
- Must have the ability to drive school vehicles and possess a valid Massachusetts driver’s license prior to the start date
To Apply for This Position: Please send a cover letter, resume, and the names and contact information of three references to: counselorsearch@csw.org - No phone calls, please.