Early Education/Transitional Case Manager

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation•Evansville, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position works with families entering the educational pipeline to overcome barriers impacting student success. The role involves case management for at-risk students and families, providing crisis prevention and intervention services, assessing family needs, and linking families to resources. The Case Manager will also support English as a New Language (ENL) students and families, maintain data and records, use data to drive decisions, build relationships with community partners, collaborate with the EVSC Comprehensive Counseling Team, support Site Councils at Full Service Community Schools, and serve as a liaison between schools, families, and community partners. Regular attendance is required.

Requirements

High school degree or GED required.
Experience in the area of social work, education or related field required.
Ability to demonstrate cultural competence in understanding of and responsiveness to diverse cultures and backgrounds to fully serve students and families.
Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in specific field.
Ability to establish and effective working relationships with staff and the school community.
Ability to speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communication.
Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of School Trustees policies.
Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment
Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
Highly organized with attention to detail.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, teachers, school board members, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, and statistical inference.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to prepare, project, monitor and document funds from multiple sources.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Regular attendance.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred.
Multilingual experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Case manage at risk or high risk students and families.
Provide crisis prevention and intervention services.
Assess family needs to help determine the most appropriate service plan.
Link families to resources and advocate to positively impact student success.
Provide support to English as a New Language (ENL) students and families
Maintain data and records as required for compliance / reporting.
Use data to drive decisions, planning, delivering and evaluating programs.
Build relationships with community partners that can support students / families transitioning into or within EVSC.
Collaborate with EVSC Comprehensive Counseling Team to provide referrals to school and community resources.
Support Site Councils at Full Service Community Schools.
Serve as a liaison between schools, families and community partners.
Maintain regular attendance.

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Excellent health coverage
Robust retirement plans
Generous paid time off
Four Anthem medical insurance plans
Single medical, dental and vision insurance provided
Employees may pay the additional cost to add family members.
Access to three EVSC Health & Wellness Centers (primary care, generic prescription medications, physicals, health screenings, and labs at NO COST to the employee or covered family member).
12 Sick days annually (accumulated)
3 Personal Business Days annually (accumulated)
Access to EVSC Wee Care Learning Centers for children (ages six weeks to five years) at a special employee rate.
Automatic enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) (defined benefit/pension and Annuity Savings Account).
Option to participate in a 403(b) Plan for pre-tax salary deferral contributions.
Group life insurance and long term disability plans.
Variety of voluntary insurance products through American Fidelity.
Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) (confidential, voluntary service providing professional counseling and referral services).