Academic Coordinator Part time

Evolve offers the best in therapy and recovery options for residential and outpatient treatment programs for teens. We help adolescents 12 to 17 years old struggling with mental health, substance abuse, or behavior issues. Evolve offers a one-of-a-kind experience that serves teens and their families from across the country from our California-based treatment centers. We focus on positivity, equipping teens for change, and growing the whole person in a setting that’s comfortable and feels like home. 

The Academic Coordinator serves as the dedicated point-person for all things academic for our clients and families during treatment at our 6-bed adolescent residential facility and Outpatient program in Danville, CA! This role involves providing tutoring and supervision to clients during dedicated school time, coordinating with schools to ensure clients have schoolwork, linking families with academic resources, and supporting families through the IEP process.  

This role requires a candidate to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure that client’s academic needs are met alongside their mental health needs. This role requires an understanding of reading transcripts and academic credits, alternative school options including GED, virtual school options, community colleges, vocational schools. 

The schedule for this position is Monday-Thursday 9-4:15pm and the schedule will be as follows: 

9am-11:30am – Danville Outpatient 

11:30am—12:15pm – Drive to RTC/Lunch Break (Clock out for 30 minutes) 

12:15 – 4:15pm – Danville RTC Academic Support 

Outpatient Academic Responsibilities:

• Facilitates positive learning experiences for clients and provides 1:1 support with schoolwork  

• Supervise students and ensure clients are working on schoolwork during schooltime 

• Document daily Academic Notes in KIPU 

• Provide weekly email update to Primary Therapists and Program Director about client observations during school period 

Residential Academic Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with clients and families to develop an individualized academic program including learning goals for each student during their time in RTC. 

• Facilitates positive learning experiences for clients and provides 1:1 support with schoolwork  

• Document daily Academic notes in KIPU 

• Comfortable participating and collaborating in IEP meetings for clients, able to provide parents with assistance in advocating for their child in IEP meetings 

• Collaborate with parents to get release of Information forms completed for schools and provide school notes if needed 

• Understanding of common accommodations schools are able to provide students with learning differences, ADHD, emotional disturbance 

• Collaborates with school counselors/teachers to ensure client’s academic needs are met. 

• Maintains safety of students through close observation and monitoring through “line of sight” supervision.  

• Consults with Primary Therapist, Program Directors, Ed Consultants and parents  providing recommendations and accommodations  

• Provides weekly updates to parents on client’s academic progress 

• May create and facilitate weekly study skills groups as needed 

• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelors Degree 

• Experience tutoring middle or high school students  

• Customer service experience preferred 

• Ability to stay calm in crisis situations, possess a passion for working with individuals struggling w/ mental health issues 

• Must have excellent time management skills with strong attention to detail and strong written and verbal communication skills 

• Highly proficient in navigating Microsoft Suite and internet based school platforms 

• Must possess a valid California driver’s license and have a reliable means of transportation 

• Must be able to pass a LiveScan background check and clear federal and state criminal background checks, and child abuse indexes 

• Demonstrates knowledge of IEP and 504 plans preferred or willingness to learn  

• Must be willing to interact with COVID-positive clients, as needed. 
  
  Payrate: $26-28/hour

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