Student and Family Outreach

Essential Functions

• Acts as a liaison between school district and parents/students for the purpose of facilitating access to resources.
• Affords assistance in maintaining a variety of confidential and non-confidential manual and electronic lists and records (e.g. case files, attendance, progress, etc.) for the purpose of providing reference, tracking progress, and/or meeting mandated requirements within the Gang Prevention Grant.
• Affords assistance to parents with locating and enrolling in skill development courses for the purpose of promoting parental effectiveness to support student achievement.
• Affords assistance to assigned administrators in developing program resources for the purpose of fostering community resources and developing reference lists of available community resources.
• Conducts home visits for the purpose of assessing family needs.
• Implements intervention activities for the purpose of supporting and reinforcing productive alternatives to gang-related activities.
• Maintains surveillance of student behavior for the purpose of identifying students who may need intervention and providing information to appropriate instructional staff.
• Orients students, families and volunteers for the purpose of establishing familiarity with program, services, and required processes.
• Participates in a variety of meetings, workshops, conferences, and in-service training programs for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions and remaining knowledgeable with program guidelines.
• Prepares a variety of documents, reports and written materials (e.g. reports, memos, letters, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to parents, staff; providing written support, developing recommendations and/or conveying information.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources for the purpose of providing information and/or direction as may be required.

Job Related Experience

Preferred: Spanish and English speaking.

Education

Targeted, job related education with study in job-related area.