Student Support Counselor

Mission & Priorities At Children’s Health Council, 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.
Our strategic priorities include: being people first and empowering our workforce, creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion, elevating technology and strengthening our community partnerships.
Could this be you? Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission? Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them? Are you passionate about the work you do? Do you value collaboration? Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community? Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance? Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization? If you can answer “yes” to these questions, this job could be for you! About the role! The Student Support Counselor will play a vital role in providing proactive and crisis support to students while following individual behavior plans when requested to interact/intervene by staff.
They provide essential support in deescalating disruptive, assaultive, and/or injurious student behavior.
They are effective in enforcing EBC policies/procedures, and ensuring all federal, state, (most notably the Hughes Bill), and SELPA regulations are adhered to.
The Student Support Counselor is responsible for responding to all behavioral emergencies and then reporting all these emergencies that occur to the Compliance Manager.
As a Student Support Counselor, you will: Provide Classroom/Student Support: 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.
Support/model classroom/student behavior management for classroom staff as necessary Crisis Management: 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.
Other Duties: 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 and 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 and/or Behavior Program Manager, as needed.
Ensure that the quiet rooms and supervision of quiet rooms are compliant with CA laws and regulations.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned What we’re looking for: Effective verbal/written communication (with colleagues, law enforcement, and parents) and adaptive to change.
In depth knowledge of all State, local, and SELPA laws, regulations, and policies regarding behavioral emergencies.
Knowledge of public school special education regulations governing behavior and the IEP process.
An extraordinary ability to multitask and prioritize several tasks and projects simultaneously.
A keen ability to de-escalate students while remaining calm in high crisis situations.
Highly adept emotional intelligence and social awareness.
Strong ability to follow process and procedure.
About your background (Education/Experience): Requires at least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
5 years of school-based experience as a classroom behaviorist or behavior support specialist.
Active certificated training in an approved behavior emergency procedure and methodology is required for any candidate.
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.
Working Conditions: Exempt full-time in San Jose.
Flexibility required in work schedule: Ability to remain at school after hours if a behavior emergency has not been resolved.
Will be expected to attend events outside school hours such as Back to School Night and Art Show.
May be asked to lead one evening Parent Education Workshop per year.
Compensation: Range: $77,000 to $93,000.
Pay Type: Salary.
* The starting base salary for this position is as shown above.
The actual base salary is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand.
This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.