Site Coordinator

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS, INC.

Communities In Schools of South Central Texas has a successful 30-year history of providing a myriad of services to students and their families. The program is part of a national network of nonprofits called “Communities In Schools” that provides direct professional services to students who are at-risk of dropping out of school and who may need additional assistance in their daily lives. The organization is well-respected and has grown tremendously over the past years.

Serving 8 school districts across four counties, the organization has a budget of approximately $5.4 Million and serves approximately 40,000 students and young adults with preventive and intervention services. We see our employees as part of our CIS Family and help to see each employee grow in the areas they want to develop.

The six components that make up CIS of South Central Texas are supportive guidance and counseling, health and human services, parental and family engagement, college and career awareness, educational enrichment, and academic support.

Position Summary

The Site Coordinator is responsible for the needs assessment, campus planning, and implementation of the day-to-day operations of the CIS Model at an assigned school site. The Site Coordinator works closely with school administration, campus staff, community partners, parents/guardians, and students to assure quality programming is implemented in line with the CIS Model as well as intentional wrap around services are provided for individual student support.

The Site Coordinator will coordinate intentional services on a campus setting to address campus-wide goals and needs. The Site Coordinator is directly responsible for providing and brokering services to meet the academic, mental and behavioral health, and attendance goals for the number of students intensively served on the campus. The Site Coordinator will also provide services and school events in line with the CIS campus goal for the entire campus. The Site Coordinator will integrate into the campus team as well as be an active member of the CIS staff.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, & Competencies

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Campus Integration

• Promote communication and cooperation between faculty, school administration and the CIS program to establish an effective school support plan and service delivery plan for students.
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with school personnel and the student support team to plan and deliver intentional services/programming in line with campus needs.
• Complete a comprehensive annual needs assessment for the campus with input from appropriate persons on the CIS campus site.
• Educate school staff about the CIS Model and services available to students.
• Regular intentional communication with designated campus point of contact (principal or assistant principal.

Service Delivery

• Using creativity, develop and provide services in the areas of Mental and Behavioral Health, Health and Human Services, Parental and Family Engagement, Academic Enhancement and Support, and Attendance Engagement. Also including College and Career Readiness at our High School Campuses.
• Enhanced service delivery in line with established campus goal.
• Serve as a case manager for each intensively served student in the CIS program with CIS parent consent.
• Complete a thorough and individualized assessment on each CIS consented student who with intent to case manage.
• Make home visits to families and guardians, develop relationships, and assist with referrals to needed resources.
• Provide transportation in your own vehicle to students and/or their parents as needed in the provision of CIS services for CIS consented students.
• Provide appropriate services to the required number of case managed students as identified by CIS administration in line with agency expectations each school year.
• Coordinate/broker services to find assistance for any student in need on the campus (i.e. mental health, basic needs, medical care, school related needs, etc.)
• Intervene and be a resource for crisis events occurring on campus and with families/students that are experiencing a crisis.
• Implement required number of all school campus events related to campus goal.
• Build relationships with students and families utilizing individual, group, and/or other school wide supports.

Documentation

• Complete a needs assessment of the campus, leading to a relevant School Support Plan detailing a service delivery supporting the identified campus needs and goals each year.
• Complete a thorough individualized initial assessment for each intensively served student prior to services beginning.
• Document progress of case managed students' attendance and grades during each grading period and reassess as needed.
• Ensure that all documentation is current and that all individualized student files are complete at each monthly data due date. This includes the physical file with all required documents and documentation into the data system being used by the organization.
• Manage campus budgets, expenditure planning, others list, in-kind donations, volunteer reports, data error reports as per monthly requirements.

Professionalism, Development, and Training

• Timeliness to on campus agreed upon work hours.
• Attend and actively participate in a professional manner in required agency training and meetings with punctuality.
• Participate in personal and professional development.
• Work together with your supervisor to complete an annual performance evaluation.
• Represent yourself in the community in a positive and productive manner, understanding that you represent the CIS program in your contacts.
• Adhere to all policies of the CIS organization listed in the employee handbook.
• Perform other duties as may be necessary for the successful operation of CIS.
• Adhere to required dress code as stated in agency handbook.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of any student interns, mentors or other volunteers to ensure success of programming.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

The Site Coordinator will:

• Have strong interpersonal and communications skills
• The ability to use the computer as needed for required CIS documentation and communication
• The ability to work as a team member and a desire to work with at-risk youth
• Possess a valid driver’s license and have the availability of a vehicle for use on the job, with current auto insurance policy
• Pass a background/fingerprinting check with no criminal or child abuse/neglect history

Required Education

Master’s Degree in social work, counseling, sociology, or a related field required for secondary campuses.

Preferred skills and experience

Experience in working in the social services field preferred.

Salary will be commensurate with years of related/relevant work experience and level of education, qualifying licensure, and Spanish Speaking fluency is preferred for this position.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This is a Full-Time in person position located on a school campus. Workdays are generally Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day based on campus location start and end time. This position occasionally requires extended hours and possible weekend work. The ability to work in a fast-paced group setting with students and faculty present is necessary.

Travel Requirements

Must have the ability to travel in personal vehicle to and from students' homes, and other community areas to purchase supplies for programming and family needs. Travel to staff meetings and other agency trainings and events will be required monthly.