Social Emotional Generalist-Denver-Aurora South

Title: Social Emotional Generalist

Employee Group & Grade: Professional/NonExempt

Reports To: Social Emotional Coordinator Assistant Principal or Designee

Starting Salary Scale: $30000$35000

Calendar Year: 200 days

Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Short & LongTerm Disability Basic Life Insurance with option to add additional Voluntary Life Insurance Optional Accident & Critical Illness coverage PERA 401(K) Personal Time Off (PTO)

Date Written/Revised:July 2021

Purpose of Job:

To provide quality services and expertise on issues ranging from program design to intervention with individual students within the scope of their professional training. Staff members who fill this position will support the social/emotional growth of students. They will update maintain assist and train others on the MTSS Family Support Student Support Service Referral system and Community Resource processes for their region. The Social Emotional Generalist will link childserving and community agencies to the schools and families to support the students academic emotional behavioral and social success.

Essential Duties/Major Accountabilities:

Show Up: Be ACCOUNTABLE for our students ourselves and our team.

Connect: Develop and maintain TRANSPARENT and HONEST relationships with our students and team

Succeed: Become a STRONG unified team providing students an INNOVATIVE environment to become productive members of society

• Monitor respond and maintain to social emotional referrals via social work referral forms.
• Maintain a focused caseload of identified high risk students in need of an extra layer of support.
• May provide service hours surrounding social emotional IEP goals under the supervision of the Social Emotional Coordinator
• Maintain professional involvement in the crisis response and threat assessment teams as needed.
• Respond and assess student social emotional referrals based on student need.
• Participate and support weekly POD/Family Support meetings within their region.
• Monitor maintain and utilize GOAL social emotional data tools (Student Support Service referrals Needs Survey & MTSS) to help identify student need as well as communicate needs with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain a high level of communication (both verbally and in writing) with GOAL staff students and parents to deliver program information and address student needs when it comes to Support Services.
• Participate as an MTSS team member through training of the MTSS documentation processes and Family Support Implementation.
• Comply with Mandatory Reporting requirements and guidelines.
• Comply with confidentiality requirements and guidelines in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other federal state local laws/guidelines mandating privacy requirements.
• Communicate politely appropriately and professionally in person over the phone or electronically.
• Maintain relationships with regional partnering agencies.
• Attend local community events involving local support service agencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Accountability Standards for all GOAL Academy High School Staff:

• Love for children and ability to work enthusiastically on their behalf.
• Actively and enthusiastically recruit new students through community partnerships and community events.
• Excellent interpersonal organizational timemanagement verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledgeable and comfortable working with technology
• Able to competently and persistently apply problem solving skills towards technology issues.
• Proven ability to serve on teams and participate in a collaborative decisionmaking process.
• Strong work ethic to achieve both school and personal goals.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Willingness to travel regionally and transport students as required.
• Ethical honest and goodhumored

Minimum Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Associate degree required.
• Bachelorsdegree and training in Education Social Work or related field preferred.

Experience:

• Twoyears of experiencein a student support services role within secondary school setting working with highrisk students required.

Or other background demonstrating application of the following knowledge skills and abilities:

• Solid background and work history demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively and professionally both orally and in writing.
• Current or previous employment history in positions where a high degree of English language skills are necessary. Ability to communicate in bilingual situations a plus.
• Proof of solid work experience in positions requiring the ability to diffuse and manage stressful situations and the skill needed to manage conflicts effectively.
• Operate at a minimum on a proficient level regarding standard office equipment and office programs requiring frequent use of spreadsheets word documents Internet and databases.
• Show a background in applying critical thinking and problemsolving skills with little or no supervision.
• Demonstrated history of positions requiring a high degree of organizational skills managing multiple priorities/tasks with frequent interruptions and maintaining confidentiality.
• Understands the benefits of continuous learning and takes personal responsibility for professional development.
• Ethical honest and goodhumored.

Physical Requirements of this position include:

Seldom

Cold50 F or less/Heat 90 F or more/GasesFumes/ Heights/Climbing/ CrawlingKneeling/ Bending/ Walking on Uneven Surfaces/ChemicalSolvents/ TravelNational or International

Over 30 Pounds: LiftingLoweringReaching Over ShouldersReaching ForwardPushingPullingCarrying

Occasional

Noise/Working Alone/ Local Travel/ Visual AcuityFar/ Color Discrimination

Over 20 Pounds: LiftingLoweringReaching Over ShouldersReaching ForwardPushingPullingCarrying

Frequent

Driving/ Work with Others/ Visual AcuityNear/ Hearing/ Speech/ Manual Dexterity/ EyeHand Coordination/ Computer/ Mouse/ Copier/ Scanner/ Printer/ Telephone

Under 20 Pounds: LiftingLoweringReaching Over ShouldersReaching ForwardPushingPullingCarrying

GOAL High School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion national origin gender age genetic information or other status protected by law in its admission access to treatment or employment in its education programs or activities.