School Counselor

About the Team

ACCEL Schools is seeking an experienced and caring School Counselor at Mount Auburn Preparatory Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio. The School Counselor will promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic and personal/social development for all students.

About the Opportunity

The School Counselor will provide the school community, parents, students and teachers with an exemplary, ongoing professional student-counseling program. To provide services which contribute and respond to the individual needs of students and their parents by:

• Arranging for initial assessments
• Participating on IEP team as appropriate
• Conducting or overseeing evaluations
• Developing and refining the behavior management system
• Monitoring interventions
• Serve as liaison with school staff and outside resources
• Maintain consistency and continuity in the school's response procedures

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Strong social/emotional or trauma informed care background preferred
• Valid State of Ohio certification and demonstrated competence as a school based social services counselor
• Demonstrate mastery of all areas of counseling responsibility and be computer literate
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of local, regional, State and Federal resources that support families, students and school institutions
• Successful completion of federal and state criminal background checks
• Able to work well under pressure as well as effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently
• Able to use discretion in managing confidential information
• High quality written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in an urban and/or school turnaround setting is a plus