PREVENTION SPECIALIST
2 weeks ago
Job Number 2300282328
Start Date
Open Date 01/18/2024
Closing Date
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Prevention Specialist's role is to support schools and their respective students with their social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This is done through the provision of direct, 1:1 or small group interventions using evidence-based interventions, programs, and/or strategies. They are also responsible for conducting needs-based assessments and connecting students and their families to necessary social services.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides leadership and acts as a consultant to assigned school personnel in the provision of evidence-based intervention, programs, and strategies.
- Connects students and their families to necessary social services.
- Maintain monthly documentation on each student and supports provided.
- Conduct assessments to determine the nature of student concerns.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Assists with in-service training for school staff and parents.
- Meets with school staff, including but not limited to the school Problem Solving Team, Section 504 teams, and IEP teams, to share and develop intervention plans for targeted students.
- Strengthen the educational process by improving the ability of students to behave in a positive manner, training parents to use positive behavior management techniques, implementing evidence-based interventions, programs, and/or strategies that target the referral concern, and improving teacher implementation of positive classroom management techniques or implementation of intervention/strategies recommended by the prevention specialist.
- Monitors the attendance, academic progress, behavior, and participation in school activities of targeted students.
- Attend professional development to increase their knowledge-base of evidence-based interventions, programs, and strategies to more effectively support student social, emotional, and behavioral growth.
- Implements immediate structured assistance for targeted students with intervention activities and guidance.
- Implement departmental programs that are consistent with the total educational philosophy and goals of the school.
- Collect and maintain behavioral data for the referral concern to demonstrate a student response to intervention.
- Collaborates with other student support staff (e.g., School Counselors, School Psychologists, SEL Program Specialists, PBIS Specialists, Attendance Officers, Hearing Officers, etc.) and community-based agencies.
- Maintains accurate and current records.
- Participate in a variety of meetings, workshops and committees for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform duties.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or Social Work
- Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or School Psychology preferred
- At least three years of experience in counseling, social work, school psychology, assessments, and referral procedures
SUCH ALTERNATIVES TO THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS AS THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE.
Duty Days 224
Reports To Director of Social and Emotional Learning
Salary Range: From/To Classified Salary Schedule 86 Level 1-4 ($53,906 ? $90,789)
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