Job Description

Experience and Skills:

Essential functions of the job:

• Provide short-term individual and small-group counseling pertaining to behavioral, emotional, social and mental health issues
• Offer classroom developmental guidance and social/emotional learning lessons
• Consult with parents/guardians, teachers, support staff, administrators, medical professionals and community mental health personnel
• Maintain relationships with qualified therapists and/or community agencies and provide referrals to families as appropriate
• Serve as a liaison between the school and outside agencies or mental health personnel
• Act as a resource for understanding child and early adolescent development
• Provide guidance and professional development opportunities to faculty and staff on topics such as behavior management, recognizing mental health or learning challenges in the classroom, building classroom community and growing resilience in children
• Provide robust parent/guardian education on a range of relevant topics
• Respond to crises, including separation and loss or acute mental health needs
• Play a leadership role on the Middle School student support team by crafting meaningful interventions and serving as a point person for implementing support services
• Work collaboratively with Middle School learning specialists and PK-12 counseling department
• Maintain documentation and appropriate communication in accordance with professional standards pertaining to licensed school counselors
• Consult with the administration and PK-12 school nurse on other matters of school community health
• Attend all appropriate school meetings and events

Minimum Qualifications:

• Previous school counseling experience and/or training
• Must be a licensed school counselor or hold an advanced degree/license in counseling psychology
• Demonstrate a strong professional commitment to pluralism and growing intercultural competence
• Must be able to develop high levels of trust and rapport with students, parents/guardians and colleagues with diverse lived experiences and identities
• Knowledgeable about the developmental stages of children and early adolescents as well as positive identity formation frameworks
• Familiarity with recognizing and supporting students who demonstrate signs of learning differences

About The Blake School

Blake is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Founded in 1900, Blake offers a rigorous education grounded in shared values — curiosity, kindness, inclusivity and resilience. Our campuses in Hopkins and Minneapolis unite 1,316 students from 50 neighborhoods served by 300 faculty and staff, creating a diverse and inclusive community. Blake’s mission is to engage students with a dynamic, academically challenging education in a diverse and supportive community committed to pluralism and a common set of values. Students pursue an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities, preparing for college, lifelong learning and purposeful lives as community and global citizens. The school community is also guided by its Commitment to Pluralism and core values.

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