Description

Charlotte Latin School is committed to educating the whole child, which includes incorporating developmentally appropriate methods to address enrolled students' social and emotional needs. As a member of the schoolwide wellness team, the Lower School Counselor supports students in Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through grade 5 and is responsible for providing a comprehensive school mental health counseling program for the Lower School’s students and families.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides direct counseling and support services to students and families.

• Maintains competency in the areas of:

  • Assessment and referral

  • Various psychotherapeutic treatment modalities

  • Crisis intervention

  • School mental health best practices

  • Case management

  • Family consultation

  • Supporting and partnering with teachers in addressing students' instructional needs

  • Sharing resources with teachers in the areas of social and emotional skills

  • Child and adolescent psychopharmacology

• Responds efficiently, effectively, and equitably to the behavioral and emotional needs of the students

• Collaborates closely with faculty to ensure coordination of support

• Develops and executes parent and faculty workshops relevant to student wellness

• Develops and maintains relationships with relevant community providers and resources and shares with families as appropriate

• Serves as a member of the Student Support Team

• Supports new students upon entry to Charlotte Latin School

• Serves on relevant committees as indicated

• Collaborates with wellness team members to develop and contribute to comprehensive TK-12 wellness programming

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• A Master’s Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or Psychology is required

• Licensure as an LCSW, LCMHC, or LPA required

• At least 5 years of counseling experience working with elementary-age children

• Support services experience in a school setting preferred

Skills

• Working knowledge of child development

• Strong assessment skills

• Understanding of childhood mental health and behavioral disorders, as well as learning differences

• Ability to collaborate well with others

• Strong organizational skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to understand and interpret data to identify needs and drive practice

• Commits to professional growth & development

• Demonstrates professionalism at all times

Working Conditions and Environment

• Intermittently lift, carry, push, and pull up to 25 pounds.

• Continuously see, sit, balance, grasp, and use arms, wrists, hands, and fingers repetitively, with some fine finger dexterity.

• Frequently talk and hear.

• Intermittently stand, stoop, bend, twist, crouch, kneel, crawl, walk, climb stairs, step stools and ladders, operate foot and hand controls, squeeze, and reach above shoulders.

• Exposure to dust, chemicals, fumes, flammables, grease, dirt, stacked materials, electrical equipment, machinery, low to medium noise levels, and moderate indoor heat and cold temperatures.

• Long or odd hours, as needed.