Student Support Counselor

Mission

At CHC, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen, and young adult. Our mission is to transform young lives by providing culturally responsive best-in-class learning and mental health services to families from diverse backgrounds regardless of language, location, or ability to pay. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression, and Autism.

As a Student Support Counselor, you will provide both proactive guidance and crisis intervention for students while implementing individual behavior plans. You'll respond when staff request assistance or when you observe disruptive behaviors, ensuring all interactions follow EBC policies and procedures as well as federal, state (notably the Hughes Bill), and SELPA regulations. This vital role requires responding to all behavioral emergencies and reporting them to the Compliance Manager, creating a safe and supportive environment for all students.

• Provide opportunities and availability to engage with students when requested by staff in compliance with the student's behavior plan, or staff requests.
• Be available for "check-ins" with individual students to problem-solve situations, events, or social interactions with others.
• Attend and participate in classroom morning meetings when a student's behavior plan or behavior is being discussed.
• Be present to offer support to students during arrival and dismissal times.
• Ensure adequate/optimal coverage for all recesses.

• Execute role in full compliance with Federal, state, and SELPA-approved programs/policies and procedures for dealing with behavior emergencies.
• Assure proper Pro-ACT regulated procedures are used when behavior crises occur, and that required Behavior Emergency Reports are completed within 24 hours, being delivered to the Compliance Program Manager.
• Provide any needed or requested support and/or guidance to behavior specialists, classroom staff, and/or students.
• Supervise, follow behavior plans, and complete PBTs when a student is placed in ALL (Alternative Learning Location).
• Supervise students who are off task, visually, and within adequate proximity to respond when necessary.
• Complete Behavior Emergency Reports (BER) or Incident Reports (IR) within 24 hours of the incident, delivering them to the Compliance Program Manager.
• Attend all meetings to review BERs.

• Teach weekly PE lessons in accordance with the school's master schedule.
• Conduct required yearly PE assessments.
• Refer to class Behavior Specialist and/or therapist for check-in as needed.
• Monitor students if in a quiet room, logging duration and any relevant information in the quiet room log.
• Become a Pro-Act Trainer and conduct training as scheduled, meeting all requirements of continuing certification.
• Oversee all incidents that call for the direct intervention of an escalated student.
• Support classroom staff to promote Positive Behavior Teaching implementation. Support classroom staff in implementing individual Positive Behavior Plans, including the use of individual coping strategies.
• Communicate with the student's team when there is an escalation in behavior, and immediately to their therapist if a student makes statements of self-harm or injury to others.
• Meet with the Site Director, as needed.
• Assure that the quiet rooms and supervision of quiet rooms are compliant with CA laws and regulations.
• Maintain commitment to child safety, mandated reporting duty, and professional boundaries.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

• Ensures that school policies and procedures are carried out.
• Ensures that CA Educational Code is adhered to.
• Adheres to CHC/EBC Employee Handbooks.
• Ensure the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Laws are adhered to.
• Protect the confidentiality of clients/students and families.

• Must be able to communicate effectively with parents and law enforcement personnel as needed.
• Must be able to communicate clearly through written formats.

• Experience in special education with children needing behavioral intervention or as a behaviorist in a school setting.
• Knowledge of public school special education regulations governing behavior. Knowledge of the IEP process.

• The candidate will be responsible for training, supervising, and evaluating school staff in the principles of Pro-Act.
• Must have a thorough knowledge of all State, local, and SELPA laws, regulations, and policies regarding behavioral emergencies.
• Must be able to remain calm and rational in the face of escalated and/or threatening behavior.

• Requires at least a B.A. or B.S. in a relevant field and 5 years of school-based experience as a behaviorist or closely related job experience.
• Active certificated training in an approved behavior emergency procedure and methodology is required for any candidate.

• Must be in good physical health.
• Must be able to walk/run in…