Student Support Specialist - Whittier, NC
About The Position
Communities In Schools of North Carolina is seeking a Student Support Specialist located in Smokey Mountain Elementary School in Whittier, NC. The Student Support Specialist will use the CIS Model to identify and assess the needs of identified youth (case managed students), while coordinating tiered interventions and support for the whole school population. The organization's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Their work is based on the ABC + P model, focusing on increased attendance, improved behavior, satisfactory coursework, and parent/family engagement. School-based specialists identify students at risk, assess their needs, and provide wrap-around interventions and resources.
Requirements
- Demonstrated passion and commitment to students, families and the community.
- Awareness and strong concern for the needs of children, youth and their families.
- Understanding of school cultures and trends.
- Ability to work across teams and with multiple supervisors, both on and off-site.
- Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, public administration, social services, counseling or related field is required.
- 2 years of applicable work experience in the education, youth development and/or mental health field.
- Valid North Carolina driver’s license and insurance.
- Technologically proficient in all office technology systems including developing spread sheets, word processing, email, Webinars, and Facetime.
Nice To Haves
- Certified/licensed professional preferred (i.e., teacher, social worker, counselor, mental health).
- Previous experience in a student data or case management system highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate successful implementation of the CIS Model and TQS Student Support Standards
- Collaborate with school staff to assess, identify and prioritize student needs
- Coordinate and lead a School Support team, responsible for planning and managing all CIS operations at the school site
- Conduct an annual needs assessment using multiple sources of data, to be used as the foundation for the School Support Plan
- Develop comprehensive School Support Plan, noting interventions and supports using our model of Attendance/Behavior/ Coursework + Parent/Family Engagement (ABC+P)
- Provide overall case management to identified students and deliver evidence-based interventions/research driven and supports, based on student and school needs
- Regularly and systematically collect, report, and interpret student data (weekly)
- Regularly, at least quarterly, monitor & adjust the progress toward meeting goals in the School Support Plan, and the progress of individual students, and adjust interventions and supports as needed
- Connect with parent or legal guardian of identified case managed students
- Provide timely reports with data and program information to direct supervisor
- Present the CIS mission, vision and initiatives within the community as needed via a presentation, staff meetings and parent meetings.
- Manage day to day activities of community volunteers
- Perform other duties necessary for the successful operation of programs as assigned
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 403(b)
- paid vacation
- sick time
- holidays
- off during the month of July
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
