Check and Connect Program Specialist

Summary

This position supports the Check & Connect Program by providing positive behavior interventions and maintaining a caseload of students.

Responsibilities

• Work with caseloads of students and families, functioning as liaisons between home and school, and striving to build constructive family-school relationships
• Data collection in building: including regular checks on students' attendance, grades and behavior
• Reteach and provide behavior interventions to students, communicate regularly with families, and initiate efforts to keep students engaged in school
• Provide timely, personalized, data-based interventions determined by the solutions team designed to provide support tailored to individual student needs, based on the student's level of engagement with school ("check" data), associated influences of home and school, and leveraging of local resources
• Reteach expectations that are taught, reinforced, and monitored at the school-wide level
• Collaborate with other Check & Connect Program Specialists and district social workers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or a related field.
• Experience working in the school setting.
• Knowledge and understanding of behavior interventions and support.
• Ability to collaborate with community agencies to provide services to students.
• Ability to communicate effectively both in oral and written format.

Desired Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field.
• Licensed in a MN related license service area (i.e. school social work, school psychologist, guidance counselor).
• Knowledge of targeted and individual behavior support.
• Ability to design and deliver training on School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
• Computer proficiency.
• Multi-age and multi-culture experience.

Pay

$59,580.00

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8 hours per day, 190 days

Benefits

• Single contribution Health, Dental, vision, 403b matching