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Prevention Specialist - Student Support Services

Employer
Eagle County School District
Location
Eagle, CO, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Specialist / Coordinator
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TITLE: Prevention Specialist

SUMMARY OF JOB DESCRIPTION: Prevention Specialists are responsible for identifying the needs and research based interventions to reduce the high-risk behaviors of students, such as substance abuse, suicide risk and tolerance and acceptance of diversity within the school communities. This professional will provide consultation and professional development training to both school staff and students on preventative health care systems and improving mental health within the school settings.

SUPERVISED BY: Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services
ESSENTIAL JOB ELEMENTS (Major Areas of Responsibility and Duties):
  • Facilitate School Health Teams.
  • Serve as a resource for school staff to promote and implement research based interventions to reduce the incidents of high-risk student behaviors.
  • Provide direct therapeutic services to students engaging in high-risk behavior.
  • Conduct needs assessments of students.
  • Create professional development trainings in conjunction with other pertinent team members (e.g. School Psychologists, School Counselors, Building Administrators, and local resources) to promote healthy student behaviors in Eagle County School District.
  • Participate in regular School Psychologist and School Counselors professional learning community meetings.
  • Collaborate with local organizations to obtain resources to address the growing needs in mental health within the schools.
  • Gather and maintain information needed for reporting on School Health Professional Grant.
  • Share pertinent evaluation/observation information with parents, students, and agencies as appropriate.


Professionalism
  • Manage oneself (is organized, prepared, and punctual; manages resources; meets deadlines; follows through on commitments; demonstrates appropriate physical appearance relative to job and environment expectations)
  • Consistently acts in ways that directly support various missions (CDE, schools', district's)
  • Effectively maintains relationships at multiple levels (individual, team, schools', district's)
  • Delivers significant, noteworthy contributions to team and organizational goals.
  • Responds to district's needs
  • Is respectful and collaborative
  • Handles disagreements and conflicts in a diplomatic manner that does not result in decreased effectiveness over time.
  • Enhances the image of public education
  • Displays a willingness to learn new information
  • Maintains ethics, legal responsibility, and confidentiality
  • Follows organizational and district policies


Communication
  • Displays effective interpersonal skills (has rapport with all, knows roles of co-workers, promotes information exchange such as through parent/teacher conferences or newsletters)
  • Uses strong verbal communication and strong listening skills
  • Uses appropriate written communication that is constructed with the purpose, audience, and intent in mind and with proper writing conventions and mechanics
  • Applies the appropriate mode of communication (e-mail, written, telephone, face to face) for specific situations
  • Maintains composure during difficult conflict situations
  • Communicates job related problems and difficulties to immediate supervisor


Relationships
  • Develops and maintains rapport and effective relationships with children and adults contacted in the course of work by using courtesy, diplomacy, collaboration, cooperation, support, and professional conduct
  • Actively contributes to the goals and success of all teams and team members through collaboration, cooperation, and flexibility (give and take) in team discussions, activities, and decision making
    • When appropriate, seeks first to understand
  • Is able to effectively give and receive constructive feedback
  • Understands and conveys one's role within each school setting
  • Serves as a liaison between District and community agencies, sharing appropriate information when needed, once proper parental consent is obtained.


Job Competency
  • Meets all licensing requirements for the position
  • Consistently meets all expectations listed in the job description


Personal Growth Progress
  • Stays current on professional knowledge and technical skills through training opportunities and participation in relevant professional committees and organizations
  • Formulates goals that reflect the organization's strategic theme and include specific, measurable outcomes instead of just completing activities
  • Demonstrates objective and measurable achievement of individual goals
  • Develops new goals when current goals have been achieved


CONTACTS:
  • Students, parents, support staff, administrative staff, and community members

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Masters Degree
  • Hold a Colorado Department Education licensure in School Psychology, Social Worker or School Nurse.
  • Recommended but not required;
    • Individual & Group Therapeutic Counseling experience
    • Bilingual English/Spanish
    • Experience in planning and providing Professional Learning for adults
    • Colorado Addiction Counselor Certification
    • Experience in working with At-Risk youth


SPECIFIC SKILLS RECOMMENDED:
  • Knowledge of progress monitoring tools and techniques
  • Demonstrated ability to administer and interpret cognitive and social/emotional diagnostic evaluations
  • Demonstrated ability to provide evaluation results clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing
  • Demonstrated organizational skills
  • Demonstrated communication skills, both written and oral

WORKING CONDITIONS:
  • Analyzing
  • Communicating
  • Comparing
  • Compiling
  • Computing
  • Coordinating
  • Far acuity
  • Handling Hearing
  • Instructing
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Light lifting to 20 lb.
  • Near acuity
  • Negotiating
  • Reaching
  • Synthesizing
  • Talking


Primary Location:
District Office
Salary Range:
$46,081.00 - $55,297.00 / Per Year
Shift Type:
1.00 FTE

Company

Serving Pre-K through 12th grade students, Eagle County School District is an innovative district of 830 professionals engaging nearly 7,000 students. Our vision is to prepare all of our students to be global-ready graduates, who will be successful in their careers or college experience and contribute to their communities in positive and effective ways. The District benchmarks international top performing schools to model practices that lead to success for all students. We believe that the only way to improve learning outcomes for students is through better instruction. Consequently, we focus our efforts on an instructional core of educators, learners, and standards. All actions, initiatives, and efforts are viewed through this lens with the expectation that they must shape one of these three tenets in order to be effective.

Company info
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Telephone
9703286321
Location
PO Box 740
 Eagle
CO
81631
US
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