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About Cristo Rey Jesuit Employment Opportunities Job Posting: School Counselor
About Cristo Rey Jesuit Employment Opportunities Job Posting: School Counselor
Job Posting: School Counselor
Wednesday - May 19, 2010
Job Title: School Counselor
Reports To: Principal
Summary Statement
The School Counselor will be responsible for planning, organizing and implementing a comprehensive, developmental, results-based school counseling program.
Overall Description
Cristo Rey Jesuit Students take part in a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and are required to participate in the corporate work-study program (CWSP), whereby they spend five days per month engaged in a corporate work assignment. CWSP is a unique feature of the Cristo Rey model. The fees for the students’ services go directly to the school to pay a significant portion of the cost of education, thereby making a private Catholic education accessible to a diverse group of students from underserved communities.
The School Counselor will support the emotional needs of the students as they learn to manage the many demands of high school life. He / She also joins in promoting the overall development of the student as a person, according to Jesuit educational principles and the mission of the school. The school strives to build a genuinely Christian community in which students are offered love, acceptance, discipline and an academic challenge.
General Characteristics
- Demonstrated collaborative leadership
- Effective communication skills and a collaborative style
- Personal integrity and high professional and ethical standards
- Committed to professional growth
Primary Responsibilities
- Educating students about issues related to healthy adolescent development
- Running student groups on an as-needed basis or within planned curricular programs that teach healthy coping strategies and decision-making skills that safeguard the wellbeing of all students
- Evaluating students in crisis and making recommendations to the appropriate administrator
- Accessing student needs and/or the student’s capacity to be successful in the school environment
- Providing supportive counseling for individual students on a drop-in or scheduled basis
- Referring students to outside mental health professionals when appropriate and coordinating comprehensive support plans within the school environment
- Supporting the faculty’s work with recommendations for effective intervention strategies for individual students with identified needs
- Actively participate on student support teams as an academic and behavioral consultant
- Perform other duties as assigned by Principal
Position Requirements
Candidate should be self- motivated, detailed oriented, and be proactive in completing responsibilities and troubleshooting. Strong analytical skills and the ability to exercise good judgment are essential. Candidate must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to handle multiple tasks.
The candidate should posses a Masters degree or higher in school counseling, or related field, from an accredited institution of higher education along with demonstrated experience working with adolescents.
Preferred
- Experience with the secondary education and / or work with high school aged youth
- Experience working with diverse school populations, particularly with socio-economically challenged families
- Experience with the spirituality and pedagogy of the Jesuits
Skills
- Ability to engage, motivate and evaluate high school aged students from low-income and racial / ethnic minority backgrounds
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Familiarity and adaptability required for a startup institution
Preferred
- Fluency / strong conversation skills in Spanish
Personal
- Commitment to Catholic Educational philosophy and values
- Commitment to the mission of the school as defined by the Mission Effectiveness Standards of the Cristo Rey Network
- Sensitivity to the ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds of the students.
