Reports to: Director of Special Services
General Summary: To provide services to students with behavior and mental health needs. Providing supervision and support to school-based programs designed to provide appropriate behavioral strategies for students experiencing behavior challenges.
Essential Functions:
- Coordinate referrals and transitions for placement process for incoming students.
- Attend School Support Team Collects and interprets behavioral data to make recommendations regarding appropriate Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans.
- Facilitate team-based problem solving processes and meetings.
- Observing student in the classroom to develop a better understanding of their needs.
- Ability to provide coaching, skills training, and other supports to teachers and staff working with students with behavioral concerns.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of relationship between district, school-wide, classroom, and individual student core behavior strategies.
- Serves as a liaison for the school with parents and community agencies, and medical practitioners.
- Acts a member of the Crisis Team and works with others to establish crisis intervention strategies and procedures for identified students.
- Assess the need for Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan including the development of effective data collection systems.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with all pertinent federal, state, and district regulations and policies.
- Performs other reasonably related duties as may be assigned by the building principal or the Director of Special Services.
Knowledge and Ability:
- Understanding of behavior management techniques and methods.
- Extensive knowledge of positive behavior interventions and supports.
- Demonstrate an understanding of behavior intervention programs for students with severe behavioral challenges by implementing individualized programs.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple activities to meet deadlines under time constraints
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing sufficient to express ideas,
- Thoughts and instruction clearly to staff, patrons and students
- Ability to collaborate effectively on inter- and intra-agency levels
- Knowledge and experience with computer software and systems
- Exhibits patience, courtesy, respect, ethical conduct and tact when dealing with all people
- Ability to drive a car
Qualifications:
- Bachelor Degree in special education or related mental health field
- 2 years’ experience in education or related mental health field.
- Ability to collect and use data to make decisions regarding student progress
- Ability to use strategies to intervene with student behavior
- Ability to work with students, staff, and parents
Length of Contract: 180 days
Position Type: Non-Exempt
These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a parent liaison. |