School Support Specialist

About the role

Provides administrative intervention for students with behavioral problems and facilitates use of educational system opportunities and resources.

Responsibilities

• Provides safe and effective services.
• Adheres to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.
• Attends safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising service recipients.
• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Provides administrative intervention for students utilizing a behavioral approach to promote learning; assists students and families in accessing education and community services.
• Receives students from classrooms or office to address behavioral or attendance problems and de-escalates inappropriate behavior using prescribed administrative intervention procedures.
• Works with students, families, and schools to encourage resolution of problems.
• Confers with school administrators, faculty, counselors, and other student support workers regarding student needs and behaviors.
• Communicates with other professionals regarding individual student needs and progress; provides information to BT staff, parents or guardians, and school staff regarding student behavior and consequences.
• Conducts informational meetings and classroom observations.
• Establishes and maintains informational records and files; collects data for tracking purposes and analyzes and reports on data as needed.
• Interacts with students and families to provide information and assistance about attendance and academic expectations and requirements, available resources, educational opportunities, and behavioral expectations.
• Supports students and families by providing guidance on how to identify, access, and fully utilize district, school, and community resources.
• Makes referrals to outside agencies and BT programs.
• Maintains assigned cases, making home visits as necessary.
• Serves as a role model in carrying out activities and behaviors that reflect the values and principles of the Boys Town mission.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor to meet organizational needs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum age of 18 required.
• Ability to teach and present behavior skills and material to students.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements pertaining to youth care.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to communicate in an articulate, professional manner while maintaining necessary degree of confidentiality.
• Ability to build relationships with school personnel, youth, and families.
• Knowledge of the Boys Town Model.
• Ability to adapt responses to situations while maintaining procedural and regulatory integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Previous experience with learning disabled or behaviorally impaired learners.
• Previous experience in a classroom or school setting.

Work Environment

Position is relatively sedentary in a normal office administrative environment involving minimum exposure to physical risks. Will use office equipment such as a computer/laptop, monitor, keyboard, and a general workstation set-up.

Benefits

• Reduced to no-cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location for employees and dependents enrolled in medical benefits.
• Low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs through pharmacy benefits.
• No-cost mental health visits to an in-network provider.
• Generous match on 401K or 401K Roth account.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Parenting resources from Boys Town experts.
• Professional development opportunities within the organization.