Job Description:

Summary: Provide clinical counseling support to students on a variety of mental health and behavioral issues, such as depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, substance use/abuse, anger management, absenteeism, and serve as point person for hospitalized students.

Qualifications:

• Trained in social work, psychology, or counseling and is certified as a social worker/school adjustment counselor by Massachusetts Department of Secondary and Elementary Education.
• Effective communication skills, problem-solving approach, collaboration with many entities.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):

• Meet with students on an individual and group counseling basis to address social/emotional and behavioral needs.
• Develops skill-based programs and supportive interventions for students.
• Provide parent/guardian support, coaching, and outside referral information.
• Communicate with outside providers.
• Conduct trauma, crisis counseling, and safety assessments for students.
• Collect and maintain data for hospitalized students, attend re-entry meetings, provide clinical care and consultation as needed.
• Clinical SEL consultation for general education, special education staff, and administrators.
• Attend student disciplinary hearings, directed by deans and/or principal.
• Provide mandated counseling support to students with disciplinary consequences, directed by deans and/or principal.
• Participate in crisis management regarding student and school-based incidents. Member of school Safety and BTAM teams.
• Co-coordinate annual "Just Think" Expo for student health and wellness with NNHS PTSO.
• Consult and collaborate with counselors, teachers, deans, other administrators, school psychologists, school youth officers, interventionists.
• Collaborate with the City of Newton Social Worker and Youth Director and other community-based organizations.
• A ttend professional development training on relevant topics to enhance best practices. Other duties designed/designated by supervisor/principal.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

Reports to and is evaluated by the Counseling Department Chair. Is a member of the Counseling Department and will attend department meetings and participate in other relevant professional development activities and events