St. Louis, MO US
Looking for a change? Interested in working for a company that gets a Google Review Score of 4.9 out of 5? American Medical Staffing has a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) position available for the 23/24 school year in St. Louis. Pay is $40/hr and full benefits are available. This position can be part-time or full-time, in-person or hybrid.
You will work alongside the interdisciplinary team to optimize student access to healthcare and behavioral health resources while they are at school. The optimal candidate would be an LPC with previous Pediatric or School-Based experience, an extraordinarily qualified candidate would also have experience working with young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Hybrid Option is Available!
Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC
Schedule and Pay
Essential Functions:
• Plan and confer with Special Education case managers/school teachers and staff in developing
Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans
• Assist Special Education teacher with Behavior Intervention Plans, behavior strategies, and classroom management tools
• Assist school-based staff in the development and implementation of appropriate Behavior
Intervention plans for individual students
• Provide mental health services for the Office of Special Education with a practitioner’s knowledge of childhood psychiatric disorders and symptoms
• Interprets and communicates mental health needs to school personnel; consult and assist in
programmatic issues and/or program development
• Provide direct/group counseling services to address specific needs determined through the
assessment process
• Acts as a member of the IEP team which identifies and addresses the mental health needs of identified students as classified under IDEA
• Provide identified students with strategies on how to deal with stress management, self-esteem
issues, self-worth and other issues associated with emotional health
• Work as part of the IEP team to re-integrate these students when necessary into the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
• Provide individual crisis intervention to students
• Assist in developing and maintaining home-school relations in crisis situations
• Assist school staff and parents in locating and obtaining community resources available to the family
• Help parents understand and meet their children’s social and emotional needs; discuss and interpret
the findings and recommendations of evaluations
• Continue professional growth through educational meetings, trainings and professional development opportunities
• Develop and maintain a productive weekly schedule for purpose of completing reports, instructional activities and other duties
• Maintain appropriate records for the purpose of preserving the progress of behavior interventions and providing feedback to staff
• Develop and implement data collection system for maintaining psychosocial and behavior data
• Work with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental health
Board of Education of the City of St. Louis
• Counsel with teachers to assist in making professional changes for adjustment in the classroom
environment
• Follow up with process coordinators, principals, parents, and other professionals for ongoing planning and support
• In-service staff as directed by Director of Special Education
• Assist in the planning, organization and implementation of Professional Development training power points, workshops, in-service related to behavior management
• Provide training to school staff in the areas of behavior management
• Perform other such duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education or supervisor
Benefits of working with AMS as a Contract / Travel Licensed Professional Counselor include:
Specific details regarding compensation are available upon request.
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American Medical Staffing (AMS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
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Experience:
• A minimum of five years of experience working directly with students with challenging behaviors in a
school or clinical setting (required)
• Experience with child mental health and individual/group counseling with children (preferred)
• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology (required)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Missouri or meets
State education licensing standards and is able to work under supervision towards license as a
Licensed Master Social Worker or Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (preferred)