Homeless/Attendance/Truancy Liaison 2024-2025

FLSA: Exempt DEPARTMENT: Student Support Services
SALARY: 1220 Union Schedule WORK YEAR: 180 Days

REPORTS TO: Building Principal and Director of Parent and Student Support Services

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Under the general direction of the Assistant Superintendent/Director of Government Programs/Director of Security, the Homeless/Attendance/Truancy Liaison will investigate all cases of truancy or nonattendance of students subject to compulsory school attendance, in compliance with 105 ILCS 5/26-2a of the Illinois School Code and notify parent(s), legal guardian(s), or other persons having legal custody of student. The Liaison is responsible for supporting the needs of the homeless student population and ensuring the delivery of services to facilitate the student's attendance and access to appropriate education through collaboration with local social service agencies and providing prevention/intervention strategies for at-risk students and families.

TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:
Any combination equivalent to: an associate's degree, experience with parents, school-age children, social service agencies, and in public relations.
Minimum of three years working with at-risk youth and their families

LICENSES AND OTHER REOUIREMENTS: A Valid Driver's License, and provide personal automobile

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Essential Job Functions)

• Regular attendance
• Assess students who are truant and those identified as homeless to conduct visits to living area to assess family environment
• Collaborates with school staff to develop interventions for students identified as homeless and develops individualized service plans
• Implement, monitor, and evaluate attendance plan for each truant student in assigned caseload
• Communicate directly with school personnel, social service agencies, and parents to achieve student service plan initiatives and increase student attendance
• Question students found wandering the street during school hours, report to the attendance center
• Act as a resource to school-based administrators, counselors, and teachers regarding homeless students, interpretation of homeless/school attendance policies and laws, and record-keeping requirements
• Provides families with information related to the needs of their child and acts as a resource to parents/guardians
• Implement case management services, monitor student/family progress through phone, postal, and/or face-to-face contact as required
• Maintain necessary records ensuring confidentiality of students and their families and prepare related reports
• Prepare petitions, reports, and other documents for judicial hearings or reviews Appear in court when deemed necessary
• Monitor areas within the community where non-attending students are reported to congregate during school hours
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities
• Submit monthly reports detailing progress and accomplished objectives as requested by the Director
• Attend workshops, conferences, and departmental meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned by Central Office

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Policies, objectives, and related terminology
• Applicable state and federal laws, statutes codes, regulations, policies and procedures
• ISBE, District 189 attendance laws/regulations
• Principles and practices of anger management, violence prevention, and other high-risk behavior intervention strategies
• District 189 policies and procedures
• Assessment/Case management skills
• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal communication skills using tact, patience, and courtesy
• Prepare comprehensive narrative and statistical reports
• Interpret, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• Maintain confidentiality as appropriate
• Analyze situations accurately, and adopt an effective course of action
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, staff, and social service agencies
• Plan and organize work to meet schedules and timelines
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Work under pressure
• Operate a computer, enter data, maintain records and generate reports
• Meet district standards of professional conduct as outlined in Board policy

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Office environment; walking, standing, squatting, hearing and speaking to exchange information and make presentations; seeing to monitor activities; read documents, view computer monitor, kneeling, bending at the waist, sitting for extended periods of time; reaching overhead, above shoulders, and horizontally, or bending at the waist to retrieve and store files; lifting semi-heavy objects; driving a vehicle to conduct work, moderate travel SAMPLE HAZARDS: Contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals