Student Support Specialist Whittier, NC

Communities In Schools of North Carolina is seeking a Student Support Specialist located in Smokey Mountain Elementary School in Whittier NC.

Position Overview:

Responsible for overall program management at a specific school site(s). The Student Support Specialist will use the CIS Model to identify and assess the needs of identified youth (case managed students) while coordinating tiered interventions and support for the whole school population.

Essential Competencies:

• Accountability & Dependability takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work with attention to details adapts to changing needs conditions situations and displays openness to different or new ways of doing things and sees multiple perspectives.
• Relationship Builder: build constructive working relationships characterized by teamwork cooperation mutual respect and relating well to others.
• Initiative: self-motivated to resolve issues problems or situations prioritizing responsibilities to achieve (results).
• Communication: actively listen and engage multiple audiences. facilitate groups excellent oral and written skills to communicate with a variety of audiences (e.g. teachers principals students volunteers and parents) in an effective manner; ability to receive feedback.
• Analytical: examines data to grasp issues draw conclusions and solve problems; technically proficient with data management
• Planning and Organizing: identifies a sequence of tasks and resources needed to achieve goals and prioritizes action steps timelines sees potential challenges and opportunities to ensure expected outcomes; evaluates proposed actions.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate successful implementation of the CIS Model and TQS Student Support Standards
• Collaborate with school staff to assess identify and prioritize student needs
• Coordinate and lead a School Support team responsible for planning and managing all CIS operations at the school site
• Conduct an annual needs assessment using multiple sources of data to be used as the foundation for the School Support Plan
• Develop comprehensive School Support Plan noting interventions and supports using our model of Attendance/Behavior/ Coursework Parent/Family Engagement (ABCP)
• Provide overall case management to identified students and deliver evidence-based interventions/research driven and supports based on student and school needs
• Regularly and systematically collect report and interpret student data (weekly)
• Regularly at least quarterly monitor & adjust the progress toward meeting goals in the School Support Plan and the progress of individual students and adjust interventions and supports as needed
• Connect with parent or legal guardian of identified case managed students
• Provide timely reports with data and program information to direct supervisor
• Present the CIS mission vision and initiatives within the community as needed via a presentation staff meetings and parent meetings.
• Manage day to day activities of community volunteers
• Participate in personal and professional staff development including CISNC and National CIS training
• Perform other duties necessary for the successful operation of programs as assigned
• Ability to see hear speak and travel
• Must be able to lift 20 pounds

Core Competencies

Accountability & dependability coaching & mentoring communication customer focus continual learning empowering others initiative and planning & organizing.

Job Specific Competencies

Adaptability& flexibility creative & innovative thinking ethics & integrity confidence developing others initiative and influencing others.

Required Education/Experience:

• Demonstrated passion and commitment to students families and the community.
• Awareness and strong concern for the needs of children youth and their families.
• Understanding of school cultures and trends.
• Ability to work across teams and with multiple supervisors both on and off-site.
• Bachelors degree in education social work public administration social services counseling or related field is required.
• Certified/licensed professional preferred (i.e. teacher social worker counselor mental health).
• 2 years of applicable work experience in the education youth development and/or mental health field.
• Valid North Carolina drivers license and insurance.
• Technologically proficient in all office technology systems including developing spread sheets word processing email Webinars and Facetime.
• Previous experience in a student data or case management system highly preferred.

About Us:

Surrounding students with a community of support empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Increased attendance improved behavior and satisfactory coursework in addition to parent and family engagement are the cornerstones of our work. We call it the ABC P model. Our school-based student support specialists identify students in danger of not achieving their potential assess student needs and provide wrap-around interventions and resources to change the picture of education one student at a time. See how we removed barriers and empowered more than 230000 students across North Carolina to achieve.

Perks:

We offer outstanding benefits including medical dental vision and 403(b). We offer paid vacation sick time and holidays. Our team is friendly fun and collaborative. We offer competitive pay and the opportunity to be off during the month of July!

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We are an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race color creed religion sex national origin gender identity sexual orientation disability age genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as protected status).