Bi-Lingual ELL Family Support Specialist 2025-26 SY

JOB SUMMARY

Normandy Schools Collaborative is seeking aBiLingual (ELL) Family Support Specialist.Under the direction of the Executive Director of Student Supportour BiLingual Family Support Specialist will provide direct and indirect services to English Language Learners (ELL) facilitates communication among school home and community providers. Provide interpretation services for ELL Student and their families to school staff and serve as the primary coordinator of services for ELL students and families design and implement programs that promote social and emotional health and respond to daytoday student issues and unanticipated crises.

Reports to: Executive Director of Student Support

Supervises: None

Pay Grade: Classified

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assists students to improve their academic personal and social functioning.
• Secure services for social skills anger management stress reduction or other similar instruction to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
• Facilitate shortterm individual and group counseling to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
• Prepare and secure all required documentation as required by law or prescribed by the SSD which may include IEP/504 documents session notes and formal recommendations or structured observations.
• Provides information to families and assists them in accessing longterm or intensive counseling services as needed.
• Works collaboratively with special education coordinating social skills anger management stress reduction or other similar instruction as is appropriate to addressing students special education needs.
• Provides information and assistance to families to help them understand their childs educational disability and equip them with the tools necessary to support their childs educational and/or behavioral progress.
• Provides information to parents regarding the referral/assessment process special education services available within the district and their rights relative to special education.
• Acts as a liaison between the home school and community providers to access mobilize and coordinate services.
• Communicates with staff administration and parents concerning students social emotional and behavioral progress.
• Confers with students individually within the classroom setting or in group Identify strategies to support a parent when a students living situation (home school community) negatively impacts the students attendance and adjustment to school.
• Collaborate with classroom teams and school staff to build positive classroom and school community.
• Provide inservice education to school personnel on a variety of topics including identifying child abuse/neglect social emotional and behavioral development behavioral intervention strategies the impact of poverty on young children etc.
• Provides information to students and parents about services available within the community.
• Make referrals to community providers as appropriate.
• Maintains an accurate record of student parent and other contacts within out SISK12.
• Coordinates home school and community resources in addressing the crisis.
• Coordinates followup services as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Native or nearnative proficiency in the target language both orally and in writing
• Ability to effectively analyze factors concerning risk liability safety and occupational hazards
• Must demonstrate effective identification and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent experience and skills in the use PC and Microsoft Office Word Excel and Outlook
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees other agencies/organizations and the public
• Must project professionalism coupled with strong leadership qualities

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in education (encouraged).
• Two or more years experience in a school public/private school setting.

REQUIREMENT

• Bilingual Spanish must nativelevel fluency in Spanish and English (Native speakers strongly encouraged)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and use fingers tools or controls. The employee is Page 2 of 2 occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision color vision and depth perception. Occasionally the employee will lift up to 50 lbs. such as lifting files and paper.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. The employee continuously interacts with the public and staff.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority