Details
Posted: 06-Jun-22
Location: Washington, D.C.
Type: Full Time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
School Counseling
Capitol Hill Day School seeks a full-time School Counselor for the 2022-2023 academic year.
At Capitol Hill Day School, learning is challenging, engaging, playful, and relevant to the real world. Students learn across subjects with an experiential curriculum that integrates not only academic subjects, but the arts, physical education, service learning, and technology. Through an extensive field education program, students take part in experiences beyond the classroom related to topics of study. Teachers collaborate with each other in developing, planning, and implementing curriculum; school-wide, they create a spirit of camaraderie through their interactions with students, parents, and other members of the staff. Also essential to the School’s program is its commitment to diversity, ensuring that students from varying backgrounds, cultures, and learning styles learn from and with each other. Emphasis is placed on building a classroom community that respects each individual while teaching children how to become caring, engaged members of the group.
Capitol Hill Day School students graduate with a love of learning, strong critical thinking abilities, an understanding of important ideas, and a healthy sense of self. Students develop a deep respect for their community and for diversity in all its forms.
The School Counselor position will have a focus on Early Childhood and Elementary (children in pre-kindergarten through 4th grade). Duties include, but are not limited to, working with students, families, faculty/staff, external resources, and are described below:
Work with Students
- Provide individual and group counseling to students
- Coordinate with external therapists and other specialists
- Work with co-Counselor and other staff to support the expansion of student programs around equity, identity, and inclusion
- Support the development of and implementation of social-emotional and behavior plans for students
- Lead psychoeducational classroom lessons, including supporting the School’s Human and Sexuality Development program
Work with Families
- Provide resources to families around social emotional topics
- Consult with families about the needs of children
- Provide information about stages of development
Work with Faculty/Staff
- Participate in grade level meetings, serving as a resource for student behavioral and emotional issues
- Work with the Student Support Team to identify students requiring clinical services or psycho-educational/neuropsychological testing and coordinate identified services with students, families, and teachers
- Consult with co-Counselor, Student Support Team, and staff on appropriate interventions for individual students
Work with External Resources
- Identify and cultivate external agencies and individuals to partner with to provide student, parent, and family services
- Coordinate with co-Counselor on site to contact additional crisis resources as necessary
- Consult with external providers regarding off-campus clinical care in order to provide wrap-around support for students
Requirements
- Clinical experience working with early childhood and elementary school aged children
- DC licensure in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology
- Experience in the assessment of student mental health
- Dedication to expanding work around social justice
- Commitment to the mission of Capitol Hill Day School
Differences in religion, socio-economic status, racial and cultural heritage, sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression create the opportunity for people to learn from each other as they learn with each other. As such, Capitol Hill Day School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, termination, compensation, and training.
