Student Assistance Counselor

Job description

Description Do you believe one trusted adult can change a student’s entire story? We do too. We are hiring a Student Assistance Counselor (SAC) to join a school-based team that supports students navigating substance use, stress, trauma and related challenges. You will be embedded directly in a school community - working alongside educators, families, and community partners - to help students get back on track, stay connected to learning, and access the support they need to thrive. This is a full-time, in-person, school-year position with annualized (year-round) pay. This is not office work. This is relationship-building work. Prevention work. Hope-building work. What you will do: · Develop and lead school-wide prevention campaigns focused on substance use prevention and mental health. · Provide classroom-based substance use prevention education using evidence based curriculum. · Screen and identify students at risk and connect them to the appropriate level of care · Provide short term, brief intervention and support to students · Facilitate evidence-based individual and group early intervention programs · Support students reentering school after treatment or crisis · Collaborate cl...