School Counselor

King Center Charter School

156 Newburgh Avenue

Buffalo , NY 14211

Certified - Teaching - Guidance/School Counselor {GUID}

Job Number 3300044132

Start Date

Open Date 10/12/2023

Closing Date

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide direct counseling services to students in grades 6,7 & 8

• Provide counseling services to students in grades K-5 as needed

• Assist students completing and submitting high school applications

• Provide students with information regarding high school events

• Implement school wide college/ career readiness curriculum and activities

• Accompany the Director of Student Support during home visits

• Design an efficient system for using social work techniques to assist in crisis children and families, with the intention of creating the necessary groundwork to support academic achievement

• Link identified children and their families with the applicable care.

• Manage these families and children as they access the care so that they maximize its potential.

• Offer direct services to a caseload of children (25) as needed.

• Create and maintain student case files to track progress and identify patterns.

• Facilitate engagement between student, family, school, and community

• Promoting a continuum of services for students and families

• Collaborates with community agencies

• Mobilize resources and promotes student and family assets

• Facilitate mediations and conflict resolutions

• Provide group and individual counseling in response to school wide crises

• Assist the school in following school board regulations for excessive absences and truancy; attend student support team meetings

• Offer trainings to faculty as needed on techniques to promote the social-emotional health of our students as requested.

• Respond to referrals requesting verification of residence.

• Provide written reports at the end of each school year of student's services and successes.

• Other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in social work, school counseling, or equivalent.

• Minimum two (2) years experience in a school setting.

• Experience in an urban school setting preferre

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Itinerant Location 156 Newburgh Avenue

Salary: From 42000.00

Salary: To 50000.00

Salary Competitive Y

Appointment Status Permanent

Position Status Full time

Required Certification Type School Counselor {2030}

Contact Person's Name Antoinette Rhodes

Contact Person's Title Principal

Contact Person's Phone 716-891-7912

Contact Person's Email arhodes@kccs.org