Job Description
Position Type: Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor
Date Posted: 8/12/2025
Location: Covenant Schools
(High-Needs School)
Date Available: Immediate
District: Covenant Schools Detroit
Position: School Counselor
Reports to: Principal
Salary Range: $58k -$79k
General Description: The primary function of the school counselor is to provide a comprehensive counseling program focused on the learning, personal, social and career/vocational needs of all students.
Primary responsibilities: - Guide students in resolving educational, personal, and other barriers toward successful completion of their academic goals.
- Serve as a resource to parents about the needs of students and consults with parents as needed.
- Create master schedule w/administrator.
- Schedule students in appropriate classes.
- Advise students regarding the accuracy and completeness of records and credits and perform periodic credit checks from grades nine through 12 with an emphasis on the senior year.
- Consult with students, parents, and staff to assist students with academic/career planning.
- Assist students with scholarship, college entrance, and financial aid applications.
- Provide students with sources of vocational/technical, career, college, military information.
- Present lessons related to career exploration and planning.
- Conduct regular counseling sessions tailored to identified needs of individuals or groups of students.
- Facilitate outreach efforts to provide services to students, parents/guardians, and staff.
- Coordinate the testing program at the high school and compile and disseminate test results to appropriate personnel, students and parents/guardians.
- Provide crisis intervention services as appropriate and as requested by administrative personnel assigned to schools.
- Maintain student files as required by the needs of federal, state, and local guidelines to track student progress.
- Issue work permits.
- Act in accordance to the directives and assignments given by the Principal.
Essential Skills and Abilities - A passion for serving at-risk youth
- Able to interact positively with a wide range of personalities
- A belief in setting high expectations for all students
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Highly organized
- Consistent follow-through
- Proficient in computer applications
Qualifications - Master's degree in Guidance and/or School Counseling
- Valid Michigan School Counselor Certificate/License
- Experience working with at-risk youth preferred
- School teaching or counseling experience preferred
- Hold and maintain a valid driver's license and have a reliable vehicle for transportation
- Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check
This job description is a summary of the responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualifications associated with this position. It is not an exhaustive list and may be changed at any time at the discretion of the executive management of Youth Vision Solutions.
Youth Vision Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. YVS will not discriminate against any otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disabilities or other legally protected status.
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