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Family and Student Specialist Job Description

Hired by the Executive Director and The Principal

Responsibilities:

Scholar and Family Work

+ Provide wrap around services to scholars and families in assigned grades.

+ Respond to and alleviate crises for scholars and families by following trauma protocol.

+ Respond to Mental Health Crises, develop Safety Assessment Plans, and involve family and outside agencies as needed.

+ Provide individual, check in and group counseling to assigned scholars

+ Provide services to retention and new scholars at the beginning of the year.

+ Use DESSA data to guide individual and group counseling work.

+ Support with behavior and problem solving on assigned grade level bands

+ Support with recruitment, registration and enrollment of incoming scholars

+ Develop family partnerships through regular communication and provide linkages to community services and resources.

+ Work with high needs families to ensure improved attendance and stabilization of the family by providing family coaching.

+ Support families around decisions with CSE and support appointments/meetings as needed.

+ Support with family education (individual and workshops) around Special Education and mental health topics.

+ Make referrals to outside services as needed and follow-up on referrals.

+ Participate in Family Council to increase family voice within the community.

+ Monitor attendance and correspond with families according to Attendance Policy.

+ Conduct home visits and community visits before the school year starts and during the year as necessary.

+ Provide attendance coaching to selected families/scholars and track data monitor improvement.

+ Organize and lead at least 2 family events during the school year and support with school wide activities (eg. color run, Scholastic Book Fair).

Classroom

+ Develop scope and sequence and unit plans for weekly SELT lessons.

+ Teach weekly SELT lessons in assigned classrooms.

+ Work collaboratively with teachers to plan and execute Social Emotional Learning time lessons.

+ Ensure that unit topics and Haven's SE approach is infused into the classroom and school wide community.

+ Coordinate with instructional and behavioral staff on developing , maintaining and evaluating behavioral plans for in-classroom and out-of-classroom behaviors.

+ Support teachers as per trauma protocol in understanding impact of trauma and attachment in their classrooms.

Other

+ Encourage students' positive interactions with other students and adults

+ Value and promote peaceful conflict resolution and creative and authentic problem solving; Uphold the school's System of Logical Consequences; Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management

+ Keep an organized workspace

+ Support the development of Associate Teachers and other colleagues

+ Maintain and communicate high academic and personal expectations for all students with families, support staff, specialty teachers, and leaders

+ Stay current with regard to education literature

+ Participate in a variety of staff development programs, including a yearly individualized professional development plan, two-week summer PD, and individual PD sessions

+ Participate in developing and meeting the goals of an individualized professional development plan

+ Uphold and promote the school's mission and vision

+ Perform other duties as needed to support the ongoing development of Haven Academy (e.g. Lunch and/or recess duty, tutoring, etc)