Job Title: School Counselor             

Direct Report: Dean of Student Affairs and Wellness            

FLSA Status: Exempt

Status: Faculty/10 months

Pay Scale: $70,000-$85,000 Commensurate with experience

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Primary Responsibilities: The School Counselor provides social/emotional counseling to the student body, coordinates student wellness programming, and serves as the point person for parents, guardians, faculty, and administrators for any social, emotional, and/or mental health issues.

Counseling

• Provides short-term, solution-focused counseling services to students, and supports students and families by coordinating mental health resources and psychotherapy outside of school.

• Provides crisis intervention and risk assessment for triage and referral purposes.

• Teaches Health & Wellness (Human Development), SEL & Sex Education in each grade level in collaboration with classroom and Religious Studies teachers, leads small SEL groups, conflict resolution check-ins with students, and provides support as needed per class.

• Supports the Scope and Sequence for Health & Wellness, SEL & Sex Education

• Works closely with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness and Student Support Team to identify and support any at-risk students. 

• Supports Faculty with best practices regarding student’s needs.

• Serves as a member of the Student Support Team.

• Remains current on relevant professional development. Current in law & ethics, mandated reporting, and risk assessment.

• Recommends, in close partnership with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness and Learning Specialist, full neuropsychological reports, therapy, or medication management.

• Remains current with Laws governing confidentiality as they pertain to student and mental health services in independent schools.

• Maintains and updates digital confidential records kept privately & documents records of conversations, and observations.

• Participates on Safety Committee & crisis management teams.

• Helps coordinate and support guest speakers on student wellness.

• Provides counseling around mental health diagnoses with students, families, and faculty.

• Files and follows court orders and offers any follow-up needed from outside support services.

• Remains active in Los Angeles Private School Counseling cohort and meetings.

Student Life

• Engages fully in co-curricular activities and in the extra-curricular life of the school, to be known and trusted as a supportive adult on campus.

• Leads Peer Counseling Program.

• Facilitates constructive dialogue between students to resolve conflict.

• In collaboration with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness and Admissions, coordinates the BSBW program.

• Supports dances, graduation, and retreats. 

Parent Connections

• Consults with parents to provide guidance and resources to support the social and emotional needs of their daughters.

• Attends and participates in meetings with parents, Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness, Academic Dean, Learning Specialist, teachers, and outside student support such as therapists, educational psychologists, doctors, etc.

• In partnership with the administration, supports the continuing education of Marymount parents. (i.e. meetings, the facilitation of parenting groups, recommendations of appropriate books, speakers, and workshops).

• Maintains a robust webpage (behind the password) on the Marymount website that includes pertinent information and valuable resources for parent & Faculty support.

Faculty Connections

• Leads and facilitates student wellness-focused components of faculty meetings and/or student support meetings.

• Consult with teachers regarding students’ social and emotional needs.

• Offers professional development to faculty during department/faculty/staff meetings.

• Works with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness, Grade Level Coordinators, and Advisors to develop appropriate social and emotional learning tools and incorporate them into the existing curriculum.

• Consults with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness and Faculty regarding clinical, ethical, and legal matters about the mental health of students.

• Consults with the Learning Specialist regarding students of concern.

• Meets weekly with the Dean of Student Affairs & Wellness and Learning Specialist as the Student Support Services Team to discuss and strategize about students of concern.

• Offers mediation and conflict resolution as needed between students, faculty, and families. 

Requirements: 

• Master’s Degree in Counseling, LMFT, LCSW or LPCC 

• Minimum of 5 years experience, preferably working in a high school environment