2024-2025 Student Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

Keep the Principal or his / her designee informed on all problems and accomplishments within the assigned area;

• Assist in the management of the activities of students assigned under the Principal or his / her designee's;
• Take immediate action to resolve conflicts between students and / or staff;
• Report the status of student behavior regularly to the Principal or his / her designee;
• Receive, evaluate, and forward reports from students and staff, taking necessary steps to determine cause, resolving problems and informing the Principal or his / her designee;
• Assist with establishing priorities for work to be completed;
• Enforce the established safety rules and regulations;
• Attend meetings, seminars, .. to enhance the knowledge required for the position as directed by the Principal;
• Serve to mediate and advocate for students in problem situations;
• Monitor designated areas assigned by the Principal within the school setting;
• Provide support for diffusing potential conflict situations;
• Serve as a mentor to students;
• Maintain a degree of high visibility among students and staff
• Behavior plans
• Implementing behavior plans designed by consultants, directly with clients and their parents
• Data collection
• Observing client behavior and documenting responses to stimuli, which can be used by BCBAs
• Confidentiality, protecting client privacy by safeguarding sensitive information and only sharing it with authorized personnel
• Communication with staff and parents
• Keeping clients, parents, caregivers, and others involved in the client's care updated on their progress
• Administer Assessments
• Gathering information about a client's behavior and skills to help develop behavior plans and interventions
• Collaboration
• Providing one-on-one and small group behavioral interventions to teach communication, social, and daily living skills, and reduce problematic behaviors