Counselor ES SY

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JOBSUMMARY (2-3 sentences): Counselindividuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.

PRIMARYJOB FUNCTIONS: List, inthe order of time spent, the essential tasks performed by the position. Employees may be assigned additional dutiesby management as required.

Thestatements in this job description are not an exhaustive list of all essentialfunctions, duties and skills. Other duties may be added or deleted and thisdescription may be amended at any time.

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• Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
• Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
• Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.
• Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.
• Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
• Provide special services such as alcohol and drug prevention programs and classes that teach students to handle conflicts without resorting to violence.
• Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met.

GENERALRESPONSIBILITIES, REQUIREMENTS, AND IMPACTS

DATARESPONSIBILITY: "DataResponsibility" refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained byobservation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mentalcreation. Data are intangible andinclude numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Compiles,examines, or evaluates data or information and possibly recommends action basedon results.

PEOPLERESPONSIBILITY: "PeopleResponsibility" refers to individuals who have contact with or are influencedby the position.

Mentorsothers by advising, counseling, or guiding them regarding problems that may beresolved by scientific or other professional principles.

ASSETSRESPONSIBILITY: "AssetsResponsibility" refers to the responsibility for achieving economies orpreventing loss within the organization.

Requiresresponsibility and opportunity for achieving considerable economies and/orpreventing considerable losses through the management of a large division orminor department, and/or handling of very large amounts of money.

MATHEMATICALREQUIREMENTS: "Mathematics"deals with quantities, magnitudes, and forms and their relationships andattributes by the use of numbers and symbols.

Usesaddition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may compute ratios, rates,and percentages.

COMMUNICATIONSREQUIREMENTS: "Communications"involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Readstechnical instructions, charts, and/or procedures manuals; composes routinereports and completes job forms; speaks compound sentences using standardgrammar.

COMPLEXITY OFWORK: "Complexityof Work" addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, creativity, andconcentration required by the position and the presence of any unusualpressures.

Performscoordinating work involving guidelines and rules with constant problem solving;requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposureto unusual pressure.

IMPACT OFDECISIONS: "Impact of Decisions" refers toconsequences such as damage to property, loss of data or property, exposure ofthe organization to legal liability, or injury or death to individuals.

Makesdecisions with moderate impact - affects those in work unit.

EQUIPMENT USAGE:"EquipmentUsage" refers to inanimate objects such as substances, materials, machines,tools, equipment, work aids, or products. A thing is tangible and has shape, form, and other physicalcharacteristics.

Handlesmachines involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment ofstandard or in selecting appropriate items.

SAFETY OF OTHERS: "Safety of Others"refers to the responsibility for other people's safety, either inherent in thejob or to assure the safety of the general public.

Requiresconsiderable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/orcontinuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEREQUIREMENTS

EDUCATIONREQUIREMENTS: "EducationRequirements" refers to job specific training and education required for entryinto the position.

High school or GED required; bachelor'sdegree in a related field preferred.

LICENSES,CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED: "Licenses,Certifications, and Registrations" refers to professional, state, or federallicenses, certifications, or registrations required to enter the position.

Valid Tennessee Driver's Licenserequired, CDL endorsement preferred.

EXPERIENCEREQUIREMENTS: "ExperienceRequirements" refers to the amount of work experience that is required forentry into the position that would result in reasonable expectation that theperson can perform the tasks required by the position.

Minimum of five years directlyapplicable experience supervising a work team.

Morespecific degree, certification, and experience requirements will be included inthe position announcement as vacancies occur.

AMERICANS WITHDISABILITIES REQUIREMENTS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:"Physical Demands" refers to the requirements forphysical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Standing and walking: generally 8 hours per day (fully functioning)

Lifting and carrying: frequently lifting 40 lbs and occasionally lifting 70 lbs

Push and pull: unlimitedgrasp and fingering

Dexterity: ability to operate machines, tools or officeequipment

Additional requirements: unlimited reaching to shoulder height; frequently climbs stairs;exposure to heat extremes. Serenity

UNAVOIDABLEHAZARDS: "UnavoidableHazards" refers to unusual conditions in the work environment that may causeillness or injury.

Theposition is exposed to extreme heat/cold, wet or humid conditions, bright/dimlights, dust or pollen, intense noise levels, vibration, fumes or noxiousodors, moving mechanical parts, disease/pathogens, and traffic.

SENSORY (ADA)REQUIREMENTS: "SensoryRequirements" refers to hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell necessary toperform the tasks required by the position efficiently.

Theposition requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing, speaking,color perception, sense of smell, and depth perception.

AMERICANS WITHDISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE

Metropolitan NashvillePublic Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires MNPS to provide adequateaccommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and currentemployees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

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