School Counselor

Description

The full vacancy announcement along with application instructions are available through USA Jobs by accessing the link provided below.

Summary

This position is part of the Bread Springs Day School, Bureau of Indian Education. As a School Counselor you will be responsible for serving as a Guidance Counselor in a BIE school on or near the Reservation. The counselor is responsible for providing professional counseling services to students.

Duties

As a School Counselor CY-1710-21, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:

• Serving as a school Guidance Counselor, the incumbent works within the general guidance function supplementing and complementing the guidance role of the Administration, Guidance, academic and/or Vocational Staff.
• Provides individual and group counseling services to students, in the areas of personal, academic and vocational counseling, designed to assist in achieving as acceptable self-concept, self-understand, self-adjustment, self-directiveness and self-discipline; all of which will prepare them to cope with the realities of their environment and life situations in an adequate and self-satisfying manner.
• Conducts individual and group guidance/orientation services for new and re-entering students to orient them to the advantages, requirements, services and opportunities of the school.
• Counsels with students on a regular basis regarding careers, educational, social interest and/or other similar matters, helping them to explore alternatives.
• Conducts and implements the school testing services to meet the needs of the students.
• Collects, interprets and organizes the program data for appraisal purposes. Prepares case summaries, case histories and case studies for professional use. Provides safeguards for the utilization of confidential student data.
• Sets up and maintains files and records of individual and group counseling sessions.
• Utilizes the services of the other disciplines and promotes the interdisciplinary team approach to problem solving. Also uses community and other agency referral services to assist students.
• As requested, assists dormitory and other school staff in in-service and seminary training sessions. Acts as liaison to community referral sources.
• Works closely with the academic staff, to follow the academic growth of students; recommend conferences to discuss individual student problems experienced in the academic area with concerned staff members, for the purpose of arriving at solutions to student problems. Serves a team member on IEP and IRG student committees.
• Counsels with each student based on career surveys of each individual and prepares a class schedule that reflects the career pathway of one career academy.