2023 SUMMER PROGRAMS - SUMMER COUNSELORS 749

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Job Goal
The summer counselor will provide immediate support and assistance as needed to students who are in need of social emotional or mental health support. The counselor will work with students in crisis, contributing to the implementation of a follow up plan with support team at the student’s summer school placement and outside services to ensure the student is adequately supported and monitored for as long as is needed.
The summer counselor will also provide short-term assistance to family members to cope with the trauma associated with the student’s distresses.
Qualifications
Counselor Educator Licensure
Ability to work collaboratively with teachers and families to support program access and effectively address issues that may arise.
Familiarity with mental health theory, emerging promising practices, and Evidence based Practice
Knowledge of trends and issues, laws and regulations related to the development and delivery of case management services helpful
Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
The ability to manage priorities under changing circumstances and timeframes
Ability to maintain a safe and healthy environment for students; maintains and responds to social and emotional needs of students and staff
Knowledge and appreciation of cultural difference; commitment to removing barriers to equity, access, and inclusion
Preferred Qualifications
Adjustment Counselor Licensure
Bilingual/multicultural communication with diverse students and families is preferred.
Responsibilities
Collaborates with Summer School Program Director to support student’s social emotional and mental health needs during summer school programing hours.
Engage individuals and families as partners in services and develop positive, hopeful, and trusting relationships.
Mediate between students/families and other professional services to facilitate care plans, strengths assessments and external resources
Exercise discretion and independent judgment when determining a course of action. Maintain the ability to compare and evaluate possible courses of conduct and actions, in consultations with the Director of Student Services.
Build student relationships, as well as business relationships and strategic partnerships with other agencies and external resources.
Recognize and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethnic differences.
Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work with persons with severe and persistent mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance, and the ability to react effectively in a wide variety of human service situations
Performs other tasks as assigned by the Director of Student Services, and Co-Director of Summer Programs
Terms of Employment
Seasonal/Yearly Employment
Location: Various
Stipend: $35 per hour worked
Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 26, 2023
Program Schedule:
July 10, 2023 – August 4, 2023,
Monday through Friday, 8am-1p , 5 days per week, Monday-Friday
  Depending on building location, additional compensated hours may be required.
Reports to:
Director of Student Services & Co-Directors of Summer Programs
Disclosure:
Subject to funding availability and student enrollment; courses may be canceled due to lack of enrollment.
Position Type:
Not provided
Positions Available:
5
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Our Mission: The Somerville Public Schools is dedicated to the realization of the full intellectual, physical, social, and emotional potential of all students. Our talented team of teachers and other professionals provides every student with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to be successful throughout their lives. This is accomplished through the delivery of innovative instruction guided by the Massachusetts Curriculum and Somerville Curriculum Frameworks, and supported through partnerships with organizations such as Primary Source, and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University.
Job Requirements
No experience required
Contact Information
Central HR
8 Bonair St.
Somerville, Massachusetts 02145
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