The Walker Beacon School is a private non-profit 198-day special education school serving students of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We serve a population of 65 students in grades 7 through 12 with average to above average cognitive and academic ability who struggle predominantly with anxiety, depression, and trauma, which frequently manifests as internalizing behaviors. Many members of our school community have also experienced difficulties feeling accepted in a public-school setting while working to explore and accept their identities.

This important position helps to provide a safe, healthy and welcoming milieu within our school and provides supervision of students within the milieu during non-academic periods. Milieu Counselor supports students in accessing breaks throughout the school day in order to regulate and re-engage in class. Milieu Counselor also coordinates and facilitates non-academic activities and assists with running groups. Lastly, the Milieu Counselor provides in the moment support in the classroom.

Education and Licensure

Required: HS Diploma or equivalent

Experience

Required: Experience working with children with mental health, emotional, and learning disabilities

Preferred: 3 years experience

Essential functions:

• Able to provide supportive counseling when needed and help students develop coping and stress reduction skills and assist with implementation throughout the school day.
• Collaborative member of the Lighthouse Room team to provide specialized instruction to students when they are unable to be in the classroom.
• Substitute in the classroom as needed.
• Responsible for organizing and implementing daily physical activities periods for all students as part of our Health and Wellness Initiative.
• Apply Walker Beacon’s model of therapeutic interventions, including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), and implement treatment protocol and appropriate therapeutic strategies established in student’s treatment plans, IEPs, and individual support plans.
• Address behavioral issues in a manner that is conducive in supporting appropriate behavior, strengthening relationship and fostering student growth.
• Co-lead a weekly Wellness class and/or a therapeutic group counselling session.
• Attend all staff meetings and professional development activities.
• Supervise students during non-academic times and transitions.
• Responsible for organizing and supervising activities during lunch period, on field trips and all off campus activities including school wide events and the prom.
• Communicate student progress and needs to the Walker Beacon staff.
• Keep records of student time out of class and visits to Lighthouse Room.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Supervision to be received: Will receive supervision from Clinical Coordinator

Supervision to be exercised: None at this time