Job Description

CBITS Counselor

RCSD takes pride in our dedicated workforce and strong connection with our students, families, and community. Our highly dedicated and skilled team of professionals provides a safe and supportive, inspirational and rigorous, joyful, and inclusive environment for all learners. We are looking to build our workforce with a staff who share this vision and want to instill passion in learning, emphasizing student strengths and gifts for all learners: all abilities, all ethnicities and cultural identities, LGBTQ+ youth, and multilingual learners.

Position Description:

The CBITS Counselor will work closely with the Lead Mental Health Counselor and the Mental Health Counselors at their assigned sites, and will be responsible for implementing and providing student counseling services in compliance with the Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) framework aimed at addressing students’ trauma through school-based counseling.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide direct therapeutic counseling support to students onsite through both individual and group therapy sessions

• Receive training and implement counseling services following CBITS framework

• Prioritize and coordinate services with the on-site Mental Health Counselor, school staff, and parents

• Provide workshops to staff and parents around trauma and its effects on students and families

• Maintain data/records of all students provided mental health counseling services

• Participate in all training and meetings related to services for students, as needed

• Share and report service hour logs, records, and data to the Lead Mental Health Counselor

• Identify students in need of additional mental health services, and refer them to internal and external mental health providers for additional services

• Work closely with outside mental health providers

• Assess clients for danger to self or others

• Additional activities and responsibilities as agreed to and in conjunction with the Lead Mental Health Counselor

Qualifications:

• Prior experience as a mental health professional

• Experience working with mental health agencies and service providers

• Experience with, or knowledge of mental health/public health needs, specifically trauma

• Demonstrated ability to work with and provide culturally competent services to diverse populations

• Excellent written and oral skills

• Possession of a valid and appropriate California Driver’s License

• Ability to relate positively with children

• Willingness and ability to collaborate with classroom teachers, administrators, and staff

• Strong Organizational Skills

• Flexible, adaptable, able to bring groups together for a common goal

• A working knowledge of computer technology

• Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate district functions/events

• Bilingual required (Spanish/English)

Education:

• Must be registered as Licensed or an Associate with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, or Professional Clinical Counselor
  
  

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

● Hearing and speaking to exchange information

● Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard

● Operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

● Seeing to read a variety of materials

● Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching

● Sitting or standing for extended periods of time

● Lifting objects up to 50 pounds

The Redwood City School District (RCSD) is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. RCSD makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

The Redwood City School District seeks to employ individuals who represent the rich diversity of cultures, language groups, and abilities of its surrounding communities.