Student Support Specialist Jobs

About The Position

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