Chaplain/ Counselor Job Responsibilities
- Implement and oversee a college guidance program that provides students with a safe and non-judgmental way to voice their concerns or worries.
- Assist college administrators and educators with planning and carrying out College-related programs and events
- Analyze student performance in the classroom to provide guidance and identify potential problems.
- Learn students’ names, career objectives and other details so you can better serve them
- Help students develop academic plans in accordance with their skills, talents and strengths
- Work collaboratively with the other supportive staff
- Facilitate crisis intervention and prevention programs
- Communicate with teachers, parents and administrators on an ongoing basis about behavioral and academic problems
- Listen to students’ concerns about academic, emotional or social problems
- Help students process their problems and plan goals and action
- Mediate conflict between students and teachers
- Improve parent/teacher relationships
- Assist with college applications, jobs and scholarships
- Facilitate drug and alcohol prevention programs
- Organize peer counseling programs
- Refer students to psychologists and other mental health resources
- Work on academic boards to improve learning conditions
Qualifications for the Chaplain/ Counselor job
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field
- D. in Social Services or Social Work preferred but not required
- 3+ years’ experience in a Guidance Counselor role
- Experience working with secondary students a plus
- Excellent communication and organization skills
- Ability to balance administrative and support services efficiently
Personal Attributes
- Should have excellent communication skills.
- Be nonjudgmental and accepting.
- Must be able to display empathy
- Must have excellent problem-solving skills
- Possess a strong set of interpersonal skills
- Must be flexible
- Must be self-aware
- Must display multicultural competency and adopt a multicultural worldview,
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