Youth Intervention Specialist Job Code # 003015
Helps create an environment that promotes student learning and development through programming and support for student behavior.
Primary Responsibilities: Positive Behavior Support
· Implement and monitor Positive Behavior Intervention Support Program
· Create Advisory Curriculum in conjunction with administration around Social and Emotional Learning
· Deliver staff development around the PBIS/SEL programs
· Implement and monitor the peer mediation council
· Create staff/student mentoring initiative for at-risk students
· De-escalate student incidents and behavior
· Maintain communication with parents, teachers, and administration
· Refer students to administration or student support as needed
· Ensure that attendance is entered daily into Impact.
· Ensure that all reporting timelines and deadlines are met.
· Monitor student attendance and track absences
· Daily phone calls to parents and students when absent
· Home visits to chronically absent students
· Design and implement attendance incentives
· Serve on the attendance task force
· Assist with the development of Individual Student Plans
Secondary Responsibilities: Discipline
· Monitor student behavior and provide consequences in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct in conjunction with the Assistant Principal
· Manage student entrance every morning
· Conduct hall sweeps and classroom walk-throughs to promote positive behavior
· Monitor the cafeteria during lunch and events
· Run the In-School Suspension Room as needed
· Conduct afterschool and Saturday detention as needed
Requirements:
College Degree in Public Administration, Education, or Human Services Field
Previous experience in a school setting/or working with adolescents
Ability to work after school and weekend hours
Experience with Guided Discipline and PBIS
Case Management Experience a plus
Ability to interface with teachers and find creative solutions to challenging problems