Licensed Counselor

Company: New Story Schools
Location: Poquoson
Posted on: September 6, 2021

Job Description:

New Story School is a private licensed academic school that provides special education support for children up to the age of 21 who have been diagnosed with autism or emotional/behavior disorders. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate with families, school districts and community partners to empower children in overcoming challenges and creating new stories in their lives.

Do you have a passion for education and being a part of a mission-driven organization? Do you want to join a fast-growing company with excellent benefits, such as tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, and so much more?

Rivermont, a New Story School is seeking a Licensed Counselor to provide therapeutic support to Rivermont students. The Licensed Counselor ensures that there is appropriate therapeutic design within all student programming. This position is for our "Hampton" school location.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Organizes parent/family participation activities
• Collaborates and coordinates with parents and other agencies to increase quality of services.
• Responsible for PBIS (positive behavior interventions and support) planning process oversight
• Assists in the collection of quality indicator data.
• Provides group and individual therapy as indicated by student need
• Plans, schedules, conducts and provides guidance to others in social skills instruction.
• Knowledgeable of principles of behavior change, supervises PBIS meetings, monitors students PBIS plans and provides guidance and feedback to classroom staff
• Ensures completion of initial assessment within 30 days of student enrollment.
• Coordinates tele-psychiatry as indicated by student need.
• Provides clinical supervision and/or monitors the licensing process of MHC III's

Benefits:

Eligible New Story School Employees will receive:

• Competitive pay and benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance) 
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays 
• Tuition reimbursement 
• 401K with company contribution 
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options 
• Tuition credit program for eligible dependents 
• Employee Discount Program 
• Rewards program which allows you to earn points to purchase items 

New Story is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about New Story Schools, benefits and careers please visit our website https://newstoryschools.com/careers.

Experience

• 5 year(s): Clinical experience in one or more of the following environments: child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient, residential, day hospital, outpatient or educational. Theoretical backgrounds in child and adolescent normal development, abnormal development, therapeutic interventions for individual, family and groups.

Education

• Masters or better in Social Work or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Lic Clin SW
• Licensed Prof. Counselor

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