Truancy Liaison

Stride, Inc.•Columbia, SC

1d•$16 - $21•Hybrid

About The Position

The Truancy Liaison ensures students are attending school regularly by investigating causes of unexcused or excessive absences, communicating with families, and assisting them in problem-solving, issuing attendance-based warnings, and helping to represent the school if cases go to court. This is a part-time position.

Requirements

Must reside in South Carolina
Associate degree or specialized related training
One to two years of truancy experience OR Equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to pass required background check.
Knowledge of state school attendance laws, and other pertinent laws regarding K-12 education
Knowledge of state specific court procedures regarding truancy
Familiarity with online learning environment
Strong organizational and time management skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Ability to travel 20% of the time

Nice To Haves

Three (3) years of experience working with families in similar capacity, enrollment or truancy.
Post-secondary degree especially in Education, Counseling, Human Services or related field of study.

Responsibilities

Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming with a two-fold focus: educating families on the importance of attendance with a focus on prevention and intervening to fix the underlying issues that lead to absenteeism.
Monitors student adherence to the school’s attendance policies, including student information systems, state systems, and company systems daily.
For lower-level truancy concerns: Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices to target student population.
For escalated truancy concerns, holds meetings with student and family to address concerns, identify barriers, and provide back-on-track planning.
For final level truancy concerns, meetings are held with students, family, and support. Offers restoration to students, including truancy agreements and courses. Meetings cover state law concerns, as the next step will have the student go to court.
Works with county court systems, understanding requirements to process juvenile court petitions.
Collaborates with authorizer to ensure best practices, final level truancy concerns, training etc.
Ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance and progress.
Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school, county and state.
Works with the Student Support Team to assist students in situations where referral to service agencies are necessary.
Works with families and teachers to develop individualized action plans to increase student attendance and engagement.
Works with the Executive Director, manager, etc to develop improved procedures that address attendance.
Works with families and student support staff to prevent juvenile delinquency.
Develops and implements educational workshops related to absenteeism for school staff and families.
Assists staff on projects regarding student attendance/truancy.
Ensures school policy and state requirements are met regarding all attendance withdrawals.