Upper School Psychologist or Counselor
The Episcopal Academy
- Newtown Square, PA
- Contract
- Full-time
- Promote Upper School school student success; provide preventative services; and respond to student emotional, psychological, academic, and social needs.
- Ensure that Upper School students, families, and faculty members know the psychologist/counselor is available to provide students with effective and helpful emotional, psychological, and social support.
- Act as a resource for teachers and administrators, developing action plans for students needing support, and broadly assisting the faculty's efforts to best serve EA students.
- Execute student risk assessments based on best professional practices.
- Develop strong relationships with external health professionals to ensure that EA students are connected with external resources when needed or appropriate.
- Ensure that families of students with emotional and other needs are well-counseled and, when appropriate, connected with external expertise.
- Thoughtfully read and interpret educational and psychoeducational reports, including helping others understand how they impact individual students.
- Work with learning specialists to assist students academically.
- Leads small faculty meetings in support of student well-being and success.
- Collaborate with faculty and staff members in other divisions to advance schoolwide programming.
- Is kid-centered, embraces school and life, and shows it through actions and interactions with students, colleagues, and parents.
- Embodies and lives The Stripes.
- Consistently maintains high standards for their work and motivates others to achieve the same standard of excellence.
- Demonstrates a desire and willingness to constantly grow and learn, both personally and professionally, and sees others - especially students - as having the ability to learn and reach success.
- Fosters a positive culture by being optimistic, selfless, flexible, and collaborative.
- Demonstrates a belief in and commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse school community.
- Because the school currently has three psychologists and one counselor on its PreK-12 faculty, we will consider both psychologists and counselors for this role.
- Potential candidates will have earned a Master's Degree or PsyD/Ph.D. in psychology, education, school counseling, or a related field and be licensed in their field
- Experience and expertise working with upper school students are required.
- Understanding of common diagnostic formulation and coding (DSM-5). Working understanding of current treatment approaches e.g. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Candidates with five or more years of relevant experience providing counseling and academic support services to adolescents, ideally within an independent school setting, will be viewed favorably.
- Cover letter expressing interest in this position
- Current résumé
- A list of references