Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor jobs in Mississippi
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor provides vocational rehabilitation services to disabled individuals in order to facilitate their employment and/or reemployment. Evaluates patients' interests, qualifications, and limitations to develop appropriate employment objectives for them. Being a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor requires a bachelor's/master's degree. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. To be a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. Works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. Work is closely managed. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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Counselor
- Madison County Schools
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Ridgeland, MS
OTHER
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Position Type:
Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor
Date Posted:
4/23/2024
Location:
Rosa Scott Ninth Grade
Date Available:
2024-2025
Closing Date:
05/07/2023
ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ONLINE
Must hold a valid Mississippi educator license with endorsement code: 436
Job Title: School Counselor
Reports To: Building Principals
FLSA Status: Exempt
POSITION SUMMARY
Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school counselors promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution.
- Mississippi teaching certificate in appropriate area.
- Experience is preferred but not necessary for hiring.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Discusses the comprehensive school counseling program with the school administrator.
- Develops and maintains a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on the MS Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study and current individual school data
- Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders (i.e., administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community/business leaders).
- Maintains current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders.
- Uses the majority of time providing direct services through the Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services, and most remaining time in program management, system support, and accountability (National standards recommend 80% of time in Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and 20% of time in program management, system support, and accountability (American School Counselor Association, 2005)
- Uses data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs
- Provides leadership and collaborates with other educators in the school-wide integration of the State Guidance Curriculum Standard Course of Study
- Implements developmentally appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals
- Incorporates into their programs the life skills that students need to be successful in the twenty-first century
- Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans
- Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data
- Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.
- Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs
- Implements an effective referral and follow-up process as needed
- Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.
- Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational, career, and life planning
- Provides appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive school counseling program
- Assists teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data
- Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills
- Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program
- Adheres to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession
- Conducts a yearly program audit to review extent of program implementation and effectiveness
- Collects and analyzes data to guide program direction and emphasis
- Measures results of the comprehensive school counseling program activities and shares results as appropriate with relevant stakeholders
- Monitors student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and facilitates appropriate interventions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; sit; use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using a keyboard and video display terminal. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 55 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is a standard office setting and school/classroom combined with a server room. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.
Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions, or working conditions associated with the job. The job description is not a contract or employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution.
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Counselor
- Delta State University
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Cleveland, MS
FULL_TIME
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Counselor
- ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, LLC
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Southaven, MS
FULL_TIME
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Vocational Training Instructor II
- State of Mississippi
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Jackson, MS
FULL_TIME
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- corecivic
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TUTWILER, MS
FULL_TIME
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Vocational Training Instructor
- Region 8 Mental Health
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Brandon, MS
FULL_TIME
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- Texas Workforce Commission
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Rosenberg, TX
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- State of Nebraska
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Omaha, NE
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- Sycuan
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El Cajon, CA
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Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
- ServiceSource, Inc.
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Jacksonville, FL
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Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
- State of Arizona
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Tucson, AZ
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Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
- State of Arizona
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Chandler, AZ
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Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
- State of Pennsylvania
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Harrisburg, PA
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- ServiceSource, Inc.
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Inverness, FL
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About Mississippi
Mississippi is bordered to the north by Tennessee, to the east by Alabama, to the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico; and to the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas.
In addition to its namesake, major rivers in Mississippi include the Big Black River, the Pearl River, the Yazoo River, the Pascagoula River, and the Tombigbee River. Major lakes include Ross Barnett Reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake, and Grenada Lake with the largest lake being Sardis Lake.
Mississippi is entirely composed of lowlands, the highest point being Woodall Mountai...
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Income Estimation for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor jobs
$59,591 to $78,241
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