Student Services Coordinator

Position Type:
Student Support Services

Date Posted:
4/15/2024

Location:
Central Elementary & Daycare

District:
Bangor Township Schools - website
Position Title: Student Services Coordinator

The primary function of the Student Services Coordinator is to create a positive learning environment for all students. Primarily, the SSC will help students resolve personal, social, emotional, and behavioral problems that interfere with their adjustment to school and their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered to them.

Deadline to Apply: 12:00 p.m., April 26, 2024 Start Date: ASAP

Qualifications:
A Bachelor's Degree in social work, criminal justice, or related field preferred.
Experience and knowledge with community agencies and resources.
Experience with behaviorally challenged children.
Experience in working with students and parents in the school setting.
Appearance, grooming and personality that establish a positive example for students. Better than average recommendations from supervisor or other professionals who have observed the personal characteristics, scholastic achievement, and work performance of the counselor.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, social work procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of directors, students, parents, and the general public.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve routine problems with minimal supervisory assistance. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, with staff and with the community. Ability to perform duties with awareness and consistency to the mission and goals established by the Board of Education.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with and be flexible in accommodating scheduled activities/events during their shift.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate to loud.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District (Board Policy 1400).

Report to/Evaluated by: The Student Services Coordinator is under the immediate supervision of the site Principal.

Supervisory Responsibility: All school employees have some responsibility for supervising students and assisting in maintaining a safe environment at all times.

Salary: $36,000/year.
Work Days: 183 work days, follows school calendar
Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Life Insurance

Essential Duties Perform casework service with individual students and/or groups to address those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress and implement behavioral interventions as an integral part of helping students become successful;
As a part of the child study team and the building behavior team, consult and collaborate with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing for respective roles in the modification of the student's behavior;
Provide intervention support as needed;
Supervise students in the morning before school begins, at lunch, and after school ends.
Coordinate meetings with school personnel when necessary;
Participate in referrals to outside agencies as appropriate;
Serve as a liaison between home and school when considerable follow up is necessary;
Maintain records of cases for use by school staff including identified at-risk students who qualify under section 31a;
Monitor student attendance, and work with the attendance supervisor for investigative follow up actions;
Participate as a member of the School Crisis Team;
Participate in the School Improvement Process;
Participate in Threat Assessments;
Provide support and act as the building liaison for all students considered homeless;
Oversee donations for Project Hope, Just for Kids, Blessing in a Backpack;
Serve in a leadership role in school parenting groups, support initiatives to help students become successful;
Maintain communications with administration, faculty, and parents to better meet the needs of each student.
Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Principal.
Take in-service training as provided.
Must be self-directed and have the ability to follow directives from supervisors.
Must maintain confidentiality at all times.
Regular in-person attendance and punctuality are expectations of this position.