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The School Counselor will work to help students overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans appropriate to their age/maturity level leading to their development as productive citizens; to help students develop their potential to live full, useful lives.
Roles and Responsibilities
The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed in relation to the position. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate:
- Works to resolve students' educational handicaps; works to discover and develop special abilities of students; works to prevent students from dropping out of school
- Helps register students new to the school and orients them to school procedures and the school’s varied opportunities for learning; provides assistance to students in course and subject selection; maintains student records and protects their confidentiality
- Assists students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such situations as home and family relations, peer relations, health, and emotional adjustment; is available to students to provide counseling in such areas as personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity
- Supports occupational exploration and planning with students relevant to post-secondary planning; helps students evaluate career interests and choices
- Provides crisis counseling when needed, for prevention, intervention, and follow-up, with referrals, when necessary, to community resources
- Offers in-service training in school counseling topics for staff; collaborates with administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline, developmental issues, and identifying significant behaviors such as suicide, self-harm, and depression
- Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents, and the community at large; confers with parents whenever necessary
- Performs other related work as assigned
Qualifications
Below are the qualifications for this position:
Education
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university and completion of an approved school counseling program
Experience
- Successful full-time teaching or school guidance and counseling
Licenses/Certifications
- Eligibility for appropriate licensure
- An active Licensed Professional Counseling (LPC) license issued by the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (DHP) may be considered in lieu of these requirements
Physical Requirements
The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
This position is eligible for remote work, but also may require in-person attendance at job-related meetings, training sessions, and conferences, as requested by the employee's supervisor.
Candidate must live within a commutable distance of Loudoun County Public Schools.
Reports to: Supervisor, Virtual Loudoun
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Months/Days/Hours: As needed
Salary Level: Banded Rates: Band 15
Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation
Salary Range: $39.14 hourly
