Mental Health Counselor #9061-34/1003046

Position Type:

Student Services & Other Instructional Personnel/Guidance Counselor

Date Posted:

5/20/2025

Location:

District Office

Date Available:

08/04/2025

Closing Date:

Until Filled

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUWANNEE COUNTY

COUNSELOR-MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

10 Month, 8.00 Hours per day

Salary: $50,667.000-$62,129.00 (or per the 2025-2026 Salary Schedule)

REPLACES: Tori Lane (Resigned)

JOB DESCRIPTION

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree from an accredited educational institution.
• Certified as a Guidance Counselor by the State of Florida.
• Satisfactory criminal background check and drug screening.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The Counselor-Mental Health Support position will work closely with the building administrative team as well as the building counseling team to coordinate, facilitate, and implement mental health support services. The Counselor-Mental Health Support position will also work with a district-level administrative team and lead/coordinator position to coordinate consistent support services across the District. The Counselor-Mental Health Support position will provide emotional support and foster a safe and successful learning environment for students. The primary focus will be on building student's capacity for academic success and positive social and emotional well-being.

REPORTS TO:

Director of Student Services

JOB GOAL

To provide guidance and counseling services to students, parents, and teachers so that students are able to reach their greatest physical, emotional, psychological and behavioral potential.

SUPERVISES:

N/A

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Planning/Preparation

• Provide individual counseling support services.
• Address bullying and harassment.
• Provide education, prevention, and awareness classes on topics such as stress management, anger management and cyber safety.
• Develop youth leadership and empowerment.
• Conduct universal screenings for behavioral and mental health issues.
• Implement ways to identify early risk factors which lead to mental health concerns.
• Conduct training for school staff and parents on risk factors that lead to mental health concerns.
• Improve school climate and ensure a process for students to report potentially harmful behaviors.
• Conduct threat assessments of students who are in danger of harming themselves or others.
• Provide social skills training.
• Implement evidenced-based practices to improve student engagement.
• Support school-wide positive behavior.
• Evaluate students who may need specialized instruction as a result of behavioral and mental health concerns.
• Link those students and families who may need further support of community agencies.

Classroom Management

• Facilitate restorative justice and conflict resolution.
• Provide crisis assistance, i.e. family death.
• Provide truancy intervention.
• Provide mental health resources and counseling support services.

Assessment/Evaluation

• Liaison to/for community resources; next steps involving short term and/or long term therapy or intervention; advocacy.
• Provide small group counseling support services.
• Address mental health and mental illness.
• Address risky behaviors, i.e. alcohol/drug use.
• Address depression and anxiety, i.e. suicide ideation.
• Address abuse, i.e. physical, emotional, and sexual.

Intervention/Direct Services

• Maintain and track documentation of counseling support services for students.
• May provide some academic counseling duties and other duties specific to building needs, if time permits.
• Recognize overt indicators of student distress or abuse and take appropriate intervention, referral, or reporting actions.
• Provide crisis intervention services, including follow-up services as appropriate.
• Develop transitional services by orienting new students and their parents and assisting students moving from grade to grade or school to school.
• Provide interventions for at-risk students and those with special learning and behavioral needs.
• Provide students with programs for career awareness and development of work/study skills.

Technology

• Use technology resources effectively.
• Use technology to establish an atmosphere of active learning.
• Provide students with opportunities to use technology to gather and share information.
• Facilitate student access to the use of electronic resources.
• Explore and evaluate new technologies and their educational impact.
• Use technology to review student assessment data.
• Use technology for administrative tasks.

Collaboration

• Communicate goals and services of the counseling programs to school administration, staff, students, and parents.
• Consult with students, parents, teachers and other school staff to assist in meeting needs of students.
• Work effectively with parents.
• Participate in the Child Study Team to help meet needs of identified students.
• Serve as an advocate for students.
• Develop a communications link and rapport with outside services and make appropriate referrals for psychological, social work, health, or community services.

Staff Development

• Provide information and/or in-service to teachers, administrators, and other school staff.
• Keep abreast of current trends in counseling and guidance.
• Engage in continuing improvement of professional knowledge and skills in an ongoing and consistent manner.
• Develop and implement an Individual Professional Development Plan and Needs Assessment in accordance with state and district requirements.
• Manage within an organizational context a personal professional development program by setting specific goals and time tables.
• Participate in district sponsored staff development programs.
• Participate in school data collection of constructional input on principal's assessment program.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain professional and ethical standards as outlined by the American School Counselor Association and the Code of Ethics and Principles of Conduct of the Education Profession in Florida.
• Keep updated on student/school legal issues and follow established procedures.
• Perform and fulfill professional responsibilities.
• Contribute to the overall school mission by supporting various school committees and services such as APT, School Advisory committee, text book selection, curriculum development, student activities, and accreditation.
• Share experience and new learnings by mentoring new colleagues.
• (57) Perform other incidental tasks consistent with the goals and objectives of this position.
• (58) Follow attendance, punctuality and other qualities of an appropriate work ethic.
• (59) Appear before the School Board as needed.
• (60) Shall assume additional responsibilities as assigned by the Superintendent.

Student Growth and Achievement

• (61) Ensure that student growth and achievement are continuous and appropriate for age group, subject area, and/or student program classification. Indicators may include: results from state and local criterion and norm referenced standardized tests, portfolio assessment, analysis reports, and others as deemed appropriate by the District and/or required by adopted curriculum standards.
• (62) Establish and maintain a positive collaborative relationship with the students' families to increase student achievement.
• Essential Performance Responsibilities

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10

pounds of force regularly to move objects.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the District's approved compensation plan.

Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the District.

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of personnel.

Applicant must hold appropriate certification or show evidence of appropriate certification eligibility for this position.

Application Deadline: 4:00 p.m. on the date listed above.

The district reserves the right at any time to extend the deadline without consideration of any pending application.

Applicant will be held responsible for obtaining proper certification as required by Florida law and NCLB guidelines.

Recommendation is contingent upon copies being on file.

Interested individuals may obtain information and assistance from:

Department of Human Resources

Suwannee County School Board

1740 Ohio Avenue, South

Live Oak, FL 32064

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