Job Description:

Student Support Specialist

Reports To:

Director of Student Services

Dept/School:

Guidance and Counseling

Employment:

200 day contract, flexible hours required for evenings and or weekends

Calendar:

10 Months / 200 Days

Salary Grade:

Degree / Years (Certified Scale)

Date Revised:

02/04/2025

Qualifications:

Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or Psychology

Preference experience in working with schools and/or families preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Supports high-risk students by working with students & their families to identify and address any social-emotional-environmental issues that interfere with the student's academic progress. To work with the community to implement strategies that promote positive school adjustment.

Performance Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

1. Identifies and assesses academic problems through analyzing factors of student adjustment, including factors in the home, school, and community.
2. Serves as a liaison between families and the school to promote a collaborative process in student successful social-emotional-environmental planning; provides referrals to other agencies as necessary
3. Serves as a liaison between families and other community support agencies to promote a collaborative process for student's successful social-emotional-environmental planning.
4. Coordinates and conducts individual and group counseling sessions for students and their families.
5. Provide expertise and training based on experience and current research on social-emotional-environmental issues.
6. Communicate & maintain positive rapport and positive working environment with principals, staff, and the public.
7. Provides staff consultation and support on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues.
8. Participate in ongoing personal professional development to remain current on theory, research, and trends.
9. Develop and implement programs to address parent/guardian participation in the school and student engagement in the educational process.
10. Provides accurate and timely local, state, and federal reports as required.
11. Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Schools and/or Director of Student Services.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

May supervise persons completing practicum or internship through a college or university program.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Tools/Equipment Used:

Personal computer; standard instructional equipment

Posture:

Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion:

Frequent walking

Lifting:

Regular light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds); Occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds and over); may be required to lift and transfer students to and from a wheelchair or assist with positioning of students with disabilities

Environment:

Work inside, regular district-wide travel to student homes

Mental Demands:

Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours

Notes:

The duties outlined are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment for this classification.