Applicants to this posting will be considered for Secondary School Counselor positions that become available for the 2024-25 school year.

Applicants must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Virginia prior to August 2024.

If you have already completed an online application, you must attach your application to this posting.

Position Description/Job Summary:

Counselors will demonstrate the ability to establish productive relationships with students, parents, staff and community members. Counselors will provide individual and group counseling to students along with performing a variety of additional roles and functions.

Coordinate Comprehensive School Counseling Program

• Provides counseling services for all students
• Modifies counseling procedures to meet various student needs
• Seeks to develop in students increased competency in decision-making and problem-solving
• Provides activities to help students understand themselves and their relationships with others
• Provides opportunities for individual and/or group counseling for students
• Gathers, interprets, and uses data regarding students as part of the counseling process
• Assists students in the development of positive and realistic self-concepts
• Interprets data from the cumulative records for students, their parents, and others who are professionally concerned as prescribed by federal, state and school board policies
• Provides mental health assessments as needed

Crisis Intervention

• Assess students and provide resources for students and families
• Serve on school crisis team
• Leads student support interventions before, during and after crisis situations

Threat Assessment Team member

• Attend required threat assessment training as offered
• Participate in all threat assessments in assigned schools

Core team member

• Attend core team meetings to discuss attendance, at risk students, bullying and any additional student needs
• Follow up on recommendations/action plan
• Communicate with parents and staff as needed to support students

Career and Post-Secondary Education

• Disseminates to students and/or parents current information on postsecondary educational and career opportunities
• Provides activities for students and teachers in developing job-seeking and job-holding skills

Support students and families

• Assists with the coordination and interpretation of standardized testing
• Works with teachers and administrators to assist with the placement of students in appropriate courses and grade levels
• Refers parents to resources available both within and outside of the school system

Other duties as required:

• Attend Counselor meetings
• Attend staff trainings
• Attend Child Study, 504, and IEP meetings as requested
• Perform other duties as requested by Central Counseling
• Comply with confidentiality regulations and laws
• Follow all RCPS policies and procedures

Minimum Job Requirements/Qualifications :

Be able to perform multiple, highly complex technical tasks with a need to periodically upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions; Be able to establish professional relationships and communicate effectively with administration, faculty, and parents; Be able to set priorities and meet deadlines; Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).

Education and Experience :

Master's Degree in School Counseling

Experience with children and adolescents, required

These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive of the knowledge, skill and ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Please refer to the RCPS Pay Plan located on the RCPS website for current salary information.