Kellar School Counselor

Inova Integrated Keller School is seeking a Keller School Counselor to join the team.

The Keller School Counselor works within a defined schedule during a 10.5-month academic year. All hours and job duties are applicable to 10.5 months. The Kellar School Counselor works under clinical supervision for all duties and responsibilities. Supports the clinically informed educational interventions for enrolled students using evidence-based, best practices and supports students in maintaining and progressing through the standards of learning, approved by the Virginia Department of Education. Integrates a variety of clinical and behavioral interventions using information related to cultural, clinical, ethnic, age, educational trajectory, and other factors into the plan of care. Provides primary case management, facilitates support groups within an approved curriculum related to mental health, medical diagnosis, family/peer relationships, substance abuse, and impact, etc. Ensures ongoing communication across Inova, partner jurisdiction liaisons, and families related to student strengths and weaknesses and progress within the student's IEP and education. Performs other duties as assigned.

This is a full-time position

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides a range of clinical interventions, psycho-educational programming, and behavioral interventions (when indicated) to assist the student in active and substantive engagement in school programming related to a student's individualized education plan and academics in efforts to achieve the assigned diploma.

• Provides primary case management to ensure continuity of services, documentation, and communication across stakeholders concerning a student's progress and barriers towards success on IEP goals and trajectory within assigned educational targets.

• Provides necessary counseling-related services dictated by a student's IEP with a caseload of between 12-14 students.

• May support students presenting with acute behavioral and mental health challenges that impact their abilities to fully access learning environments in real time to reinforce clinical interventions, and supports a defined behavioral management system, and student behavioral accountability related to school-wide behavioral expectations.

• Uses data analysis to determine primary areas of both academic and behavioral needs and the necessary goals and accommodations to support student progress.

• Supports the stratified behavioral management system to both reward and hold students accountable to school-wide behavioral expectations.

• Adheres to Inova Health System's Culture of Safety and participates in maintaining a professional culture throughout the organization.

Experience:

• Four (4) years' experience working in the psychiatric or mental health field with the seriously mentally ill.

Education:

• Master's Degree - Social Work (MSW) or Masters in Counseling.

Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association.

Benefits and Perks:

• Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage

• Retirement: Inova matches dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute

• Competitive salary: Pay based experience.

• Amazing Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.

• Additional Benefits: Educational Assistance of up to $5,250/year, Student Loan Refinancing, Adoption Assistance, Child Care Centers, Scholarship Program, Free Parking, Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!

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