COUNSELOR INTERN-MIDDLE SCHOOL

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Under the immediate supervision of the School Counselor and the general direction of the School Principal, the School Counselor Intern is responsible for providing a full range of school counseling, behavioral and social-emotional services to assigned school sites.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the School Counselor, the Intern performs the following duties:

• Assist in assessing home, school, personal, and community factors that may affect a student’s learning and overall well-being and make recommendations and referrals as needed.
• Provide evidence based individual and/or group counseling and early intervention services for students having difficulties with academic progress including but not limited to mental health, trauma awareness, social skills, grief, anger management, conflict resolution, peer mediation, motivation, and other social emotional issues that impact learning.
• Consult with teachers to assist in development of classroom management strategies to support students with challenging behaviors.
• Provide support to staff on behavior management and preventative behavior strategies.
• Assist the staff in the reinforcement of appropriate student behavior.
• Assist with crisis intervention and the assessment of students experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation.
• Provide case management of students on caseload.
• Conduct observations of students, identify and provide interventions that will assist in creating positive learning environments.
• Provide classroom presentations and in-service education to students, staff and parents.
• Collaborate with principal, teachers and other support staff as necessary to meet the needs of students.
• Actively participate in Student Learning Committee (SLC), Re-Entry Team, Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS), Response to Intervention (RtI), 504, and Student Attendance Review Team (SART).
• Collaborate and refer out to mental health and community agencies and follow up with referrals and treatment.
• May be assigned additional duties to support Graduate program competencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION:

• Candidate must be enrolled in a Master’s program in School Counseling from an accredited learning institution and eligible for internship.
• Candidate must be enrolled in a Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) Program in School Counseling
• Bilingual Spanish/English

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please submit application and requested documents by the deadline to the attention of Dr. Alexis Norman, Asst. Supt., Human Resources.

• Application/letter of interest
• Resume, including references (3-5)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Transcripts for Bachelor’s degree
• Proof of enrollment in a school counseling program

Whittier City School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All applicants shall be accorded equality of consideration without discrimination on the basis of the applicant’s actual or perceived race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex, or sexual orientation or his/her association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.