Advocate Counselor - Theater Arts Production Company School (TAPCO)

Responsibilities

• Maintains attendance and educational progress for a caseload of students
• Provides individual and group mentoring to students on a weekly basis
• Conducts daily student attendance outreach
• Led and facilitated attendance team meetings
• Utilizes data to inform attendance practices and outreach
• Outreach to students and their families, including phone calls, written correspondence, and home visits (home visits always conducted in pairs)
• Facilitates communication between students, families, and school staff
• Completes required documentation, including Dr. Cloud notes, in a timely manner
• Provides crisis support, conflict mediation, and social-emotional support
• Completes regular assessments and provides resource referrals in support of school-based services (with support of the site manager)
• Facilitates milieu services in common spaces, such as classroom, cafeteria, and afterschool push-ins
• Participates in staff meetings and staff development opportunities
• Collaborates on transdisciplinary team of Wediko and school staff to create individualized plans to support student progress
• Occasional evening and weekend hours required for school events
• Cultivates and maintains positive and effective relationships with Wediko team, school and school administrators, and other Community Based Organizations
• Supports the implementation of the Community School Model

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in social sciences; Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred
• 1 or more years experience providing direct services in school-based or residential program
• Knowledge of attendance outreach best practices
• Strong communication (verbal and written with proficiency in English) and interpersonal skills
• Approach challenges in a collaborative, supportive, and creative manner
• Commitment to working from a strengths-based perspective
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development, with proven use of supervision to improve practice
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills
• Flexible schedule and willingness to work school hours, and on occasion some evenings to support school community events