Responsibilities:

A school counselor provides social, educational, career and personal assistance to students. He/she frequently offers advice and career counseling to students about emotional problems, academic challenges, subject options, technical or trade schools, colleges and universities, giving them information on such things as applications, admissions, college entrance exams and financial aid along with teaching job-finding skills. A school counselor is also often involved in peer mediation and conflicts between students. If a student has adjustment issues, the counselor works with school administrators, teachers, social workers, parents and the student to solve the problems.