Resiliency Specialist - School Based

About the role

Synergy Services employs compassionate individuals committed to strengthening people, families, and our community through prevention, crisis care, shelter, counseling, advocacy, and education. This position provides resiliency-based prevention education services within assigned elementary schools.

Responsibilities

• Direct Client Services:
  • Provides prevention education, classroom and in-service consultation and training for children, youth, guardians, staff, and the community on resiliency based prevention topics and social emotional learning.
  • Follow approved evidence-based curricula with fidelity.
  • Create lessons and collaborate with teachers and/or co-workers on prevention material.
  • Models trauma informed care approach to working with students, families, school systems, and communities in accordance with Synergy Services policies, procedures and philosophies.
  • Provides professional development and consultation regarding trauma to school staff.
  • Aids in trauma-informed care implementation in the school setting.
  • Provides crisis management as needed.
• Service Coordination:
  • Planner and coordinator of lesson planning and coordination with the needs of teachers and students, case management tasks when necessary, and follow-up.
  • Participates in school implementation/care teams in an effort to synthesize relevant scientific theories and evidence and to translate them into coherent, user-friendly interventions and prevention strategies.
  • Supports calls and networks with other agencies.
  • Writes reports or provides data as requested.
  • Participates in defining program outcomes and maintaining all necessary data to comply with grant related outcome measurement information.
  • Makes outside referrals for additional services as appropriate.
  • Maintains data entry with agency standards.
• Supervision and Training:
  • Participates in peer supervision.
  • Participates in supervision with the Assistant Program Manager and/or Program Manager to discuss students, classrooms, consultation with school faculty and progress toward program goals, and create a plan for ways to mitigate vicarious trauma.
  • Revises and updates training materials as needed for school personnel, guardians, trainers and volunteers.
  • Researches, reads and keeps up-to-date with regard to information relating to primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, trauma informed care and other related topics.
  • Participates in professional development and training.
• Self-Management:
  • Behaves in honest, fair, and ethical manner.
  • Demonstrates consistency in words and actions.
  • Models high standards of ethics.
  • Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
  • Affirms and recognizes own strengths and challenges and pursues self-development.
  • Deals effectively with pressure.
  • Identifies and analyzes problems.
  • Weights relevance and accuracy of information.
  • Generates, evaluates, and recommends alternative solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, family studies, sociology, education, or related field or combination of education and experience.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.