School Counselor/Licensed Counselor (24-25SY)
Lighthouse Community Public Schools
- Oakland, CA
- $80,000-105,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Counseling Expertise. Provide counseling, case management, and consultation services for a caseload of students, dependent on need and determined in conjunction with the Clinical Intervention Team. This may include: engaging caregivers and teachers, providing frequent opportunities to discuss student growth and needs as well as report out on goals and progress
- Team Collaboration. Work collaboratively and effectively as a member of the RTI Team and instructional staff, including but not limited to:
- Professional Learning. Provide consultation and professional development to support staff in providing social/emotional and behavior supports to promote success for all students
- Data Collection and Analysis. Implement and track research-based interventions aligned with Response to Intervention
- Consultation. Provide consultation to school staff on safety assessments, mental health crises, and accessing social
- Professionalism. Maintain a high level of professionalism at all times
- This role includes responsibilities that support students in three primary ways: 1.) individual student support, including crisis response, 2.) group counseling and support, and 3.) staff support, including coaching and leadership in the COST process.
- Individual caseload of 1:1 counseling/therapy clients
- Represent therapists at COST meetings
- Multi-disciplinary Coordination of Services Teams
- Participate and liaise with the Clinical Interventions Team
- Therapy services for students as needed in collaboration with Clinical Interventions Team
- Proactive School-wide Support with RTI Team
- Process referrals from COST or counseling referrals and ensure communication back to staff and teachers
- Engage in Staff PD Spaces: Whole Staff PD, Band-Level, Grade-Level, and PLCs
- Be a connector to families:
- Build relationships with families
- Connect families with internal and external services and resources as necessary
- Provide trainings for families as needed in coordination with Family Liaison
- Instructional Staff Support:
- Schedule monthly meetings with teachers and provide necessary updates on students who were referred for services and/or through a COST Process
- Teacher consultation and in class behavior support and observation
- Support teachers in classroom lesson design and facilitation as necessary
- Student Groups:
- Counseling Groups/Circle Facilitation (Co-facilitating with Deans)
- Psycho Educational Groups/Skill Building Groups
- Possible Areas of Focus: social skills, grief, aggressive behavior, communication skills, stress reduction, anger management, focus and attentional redirection
- Additional Duties as Needed
- Appropriate Master’s Degree required
- Appropriate California Pupil Personnel Services Credential or full licensure LMFT, LCSW, or other Mental Health License, required
- Experience working in urban public schools and with high school students, preferred
- Experience with Google apps
- Bilingual in Spanish a Plus
- Resume
- Cover Letter--Describing why you are an optimal fit for this position and your philosophy of education that describes how you would support students achieving the Lighthouse mission
- 3 references including a current supervisor