Elementary Home School Communicator (Title l)

JOB SUMMARY : The Title I home school communicator provides support, education, and resource referrals to students and families. The Title I home school communicator will provide interventions to students and perform therapeutic services to individual students and their families to assist with social and emotional concerns related to their educational and social progress. The Title I home school communicator will provide consultation and support to staff.

DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITES : 1. Provide at risk students with education, support and resource referrals that support

educational and social progress. Examples of Work Performed :

• Provide individual, family or group therapy for children who are experiencing problems in school, home, or community with an emphasis on early intervention and prevention.
• Develop support plans for students with identified goals, and report progress of the student.
• Provide crisis intervention which is geared towards protecting the safety and emotional well-being of students.
• Complete home visits with students and families as necessary to improve the home-school connection with the goal of improving academic and behavioral success.
• Consult with parents, teachers, nurses, counselors, administrators, other school staff, as well as outside agencies, to assist in the planning and programming for students.
• Set individual student goals, document services provided, and monitor progress of each individual student.
• Analyze student specific data of students who require additional supports to determine needed interventions and progress of students.
• Encourage and assist families in the pursuit of community services that may assist with the current presenting problem.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on student, teacher, school or District needs.
• Provide support to teachers and other school staff for students with social and emotional

concerns as related to their educational and social progress. Examples of Work Performed :

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Examples of Work Performed :

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION : Master's degree and social worker's license (LCSW), master's degree and counseling license (LPC), or counseling certificate issued by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)

Preferred Master's degree and social worker's license (LCSW) with school social work experience

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE : Broad knowledge of social work services, student interventions, and support systems for students and families.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED : Requires experience in providing social services or counseling assistance to children and their families.

SKILLS / ABILITIES :

parents, staff, and the community

phone, and via email

PowerPoint (presentations), and Google Apps (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides)

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS : While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, and to lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required included close vision, distance vision, the ability to adjust and focus, and depth perception. Specific hearing abilities required include normal conversation, phone conversation, and isolating voices in multiple conversations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / CONDITIONS : Primarily inside working conditions. May include home visits.

EQUIPMENT / TOOLS / MATERIALS USED : Computer, copier, scanner, projector, telephone, calculator.

REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT : None

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT : Assigned to the social worker salary schedule; compensation and benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Partial Tuition Reimbursement) as provided by the Board of Education Note : This position may be subject to social security withholding, and credit for the Missouri Public School Retirement System. The Title I home school communicator is funded 100% by Title I funds. Should funds no longer be available, or the schoolwide Title I plan change, the position may be eliminated to meet the needs of the Title I school.

Prepared by : Lynette Jackson, Director of Federal Programs Approved by : Dr. Eric Arbetter, Assistant Superintendent The statements contained within this document are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the position. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, management reserves the right to revise the position or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological changes). This job description does not create an employment contract.