Department:
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Prepared By: GEC Date
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SUMMARY: Provide a parenting skills development
service to children and their families. Serve as a member of school
collaborations and partnerships in planning and providing services to help
children be successful in school and life. Effectively uses all
appropriate resources to help students and families resolve personal, emotional,
and social problems that interfere with their adjustment to school and their
capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered.
JOB GOAL:
To use effectively all
appropriate resources to help parents be the first, most influential and
forever teachers in the development of their child.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Participates in all family literacy
training opportunities and seeks mastery of Parents As
Teachers (PAT) and Parent and Child Time Together (PACT) parenting
curricula.
2. Conducts/coordinates parent/child
workshops focusing on appropriate developmental learning activities.
3. Identifies parents who do not have a high
school diploma and encourage their participation in basic skills/literacy
instruction, GED instruction or adult education, as
appropriate.
4. Conducts the developmental screening of
children birth to five in the SC Reads program to determine needs and assist in
services to meet needs.
5. Consults/collaborates with appropriate
school personnel, case management personnel, and social agency personnel in
gathering and giving information about a child or family’s special needs.
6. Serves as a liaison between parents,
children, community and school.
7. Performs other related duties that foster
academic growth and parenting growth in children birth to age five and their
families.
8. Performs casework service with parents as
an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parents'
understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child's
problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available in the
community.
9. Establishes and maintains effective
liaison with the various offices and agencies within the community that may
provide specialized or professional help to students and their parents, and
serves as the referral agent to those offices and agencies.
10. Consults/collaborates with school
personnel and social agency personnel in gathering and giving information on a
case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in helping to
re-orient and motivate students.
11. Maintains an inventory of services offered
by community health and welfare agencies.
12. Makes home visits for the purpose of
gathering helpful information on a student’s background.
13. Serves as a liaison between home, school,
and social agencies when considerable follow-up is necessary.
14. Keeps sufficient records of cases for use
by school staff members and outside agencies.
15. Performs other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervises
children.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an
individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
and/or EXPERIENCE:
Associate or Bachelor Degree in Psychology or
Social Work, Human Services or related field.
One year successful work experience in human services.
Must be able to effectively deal with the
public, staff, students and parents both in person and on the phone.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as
safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to present information in one-on-one
and small group situations to customers, clients, other employees and/or
students.
MATHEMATICAL
SKILLS:
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions,
percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
REASONING
ABILITY:
Ability to deal with problems involving a
variety of concrete variables in standardized situations.
OTHER
SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Ability to develop effective working
relationships with students, parents, staff and the school community. Ability
to communicate clearly and concisely.
Ability to perform duties with awareness of all
district requirements and the Board of Education policies.
PHYSICAL
DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of
this job
Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk
and reach with hands and arms. The
employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee will be required to lift and
move manipulatives for use in parenting activities. The employee may be required to lift and
place children and infants in car seats.
The employee must be able to drive to different locations within the
district on a daily basis and occasionally out of the district. Specific vision
abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and
peripheral vision. Employee must be able to distinguish the difference between
bells, buzzers, beeps, etc.
WORK
ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential
functions of this
job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is
usually quiet. The employee is continuously interacting with the public,
students, parents and staff. The
employee may be at risk of being exposed to infection and/or bitten by animals
more than an average person. The
employee is directly responsible for the safety and well being of students.
The information
contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed
for this position. The individuals
currently holding this position perform additional duties and additional duties
may be assigned.