School Adjustment Counselor

About the Employer

School Adjustment Counselor

Reports To:

Administrator of Special Education

Position Description:

The School Adjustment Counselor uses home-school relations as the medium through which an individual student's response to and benefit from the school and its programs can be strengthened and improved. The School Adjustment Counselor works with parents, teachers, and other support staff to develop a remedial plan for the student and works with the child, teachers, other support staff, and parents to deal constructively with the student behavior.

Performance Responsibilities:

Direct Services to Special Education Students

Provide direct services to special education students requiring social/emotional/behavioral services as written in the Individualized Education Program (IEP), including:
- Social skills group
- Small group
- Individual counseling
- Crisis intervention

Clinical Consultation and Collaboration

Provide clinical consultation to staff for special education students requiring this service as written in the IEP.
Consult with collateral service providers for special education students in order to coordinate treatment planning and school-based interventions.
Consult with school psychologists, guidance counselors, nurses, principals, and classroom teachers in assessing the mental and emotional health of students having school difficulty and evolving appropriate remedial plans.
Consult with parents/guardians/school staff in order to help all parties involved comprehend and deal constructively with anomalous behavior.

IEP Development and Support

Assist in developing IEP goals for special education students with social/emotional disabilities, behavior plans, and therapeutic interventions for these students who present with a variety of social/emotional learning needs.
Conduct functional behavior assessments for students with disabilities in order to facilitate eligibility determination, service delivery, and intervention planning.
Available for crisis intervention for the general student population.
Available for clinical consultation with all general and special education staff regarding student concerns.

Referral Information and Record-Keeping

Provide referral information to staff and parents to help obtain necessary aid/support from specialized public or private organizations in serious clinical cases, which appear to be beyond the resources of the school.
Maintain complete, up-to-date, and accurate records as required by law, policy, and administrative regulations.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Perform such other duties and assume such other responsibilities as the Administrator of Special Education may assign.

Qualifications:

Master's in Social Work, Guidance, or Psychology Minimum of two years working experience with children under 18 in an educational, child guidance, mental health, or clinical setting. Desired License: School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor and Licensure (LICSW or LCWSW preferred).

Salary:

Salary based on Unit A Teacher Contract Salary Schedule, which can be found at: https://peabody.k12.ma.us/departments/human-resources/
Scroll down to the Unit A salary schedule.

Mission Statement:

We prepare students to be life-long learners and critical thinkers who meet the challenges of citizenship in an event-changing world.