Job Description:
Villa Duchesne is seeking an experienced School Counselor for our Upper School (grades 7-12). This position requires that the candidate has a conferred master’s degree in social work (or similar), has previous counseling experience, and is a licensed clinical social worker. This position can be a full-time or part-time role.
The ideal candidate will:

• Be available for student social and emotional support throughout the school day;
• Create and coordinate a counseling curriculum for grades 7-12;
• Serve on the Care Team to respond to student needs and challenges;
• Be able to immediately respond to issues and needs of the school community;
• Communicate effectively with parents and administrators about student social-emotional well-being;
• Build strong relationships with students, faculty, staff, and parents;
• Be able to work collaboratively with faculty members to assist individual students;
• Address and respond to urgent mental health situations.

All faculty and staff of Villa Duchesne must commit to educating by the values articulated in the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States-Canada. Our Villa Duchesne Sacred Heart Educators inspire our students every day with learning and community opportunities.
Villa Duchesne Sacred Heart Educators:

1. Embody the attitudes of Christ’s heart: gratitude, generosity, compassion, and forgiveness. Educating is our vocation, and the ability to lead students to encounter Christ enables us to foster more loving relationships.
2. Believe in every student. We are invested in caring for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional well-being of each child.
3. Are experts in their subjects. We exhibit professional excellence and innovation in teaching. Through passion for our craft, we instill a love of learning within each child. We maintain high standards of research-based training and are committed to extensive professional development.
4. Foster trusting relationships to create a safe environment where learning and empathy are possible. Our trusting relationships with students enable them to discover new abilities, cultivate strengths, learn from mistakes, and develop and exercise resilience in meeting challenges.
5. Immerse students in global perspectives, compassionate action, and courageous hope. By inspiring curiosity and encouraging critical consciousness within our students, our students can realize their full potential as agents of transformation.