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Truancy Outreach Specialist

Employer
Alexandria City Public Schools
Location
Alexandria, VA, US
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Specialist / Coordinator
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Job Description:

The Truancy Outreach Specialist monitors school attendance and works with school administrators, students, parents, and the communities with the focus on keeping students in school.

Qualification:

Education: Master's Degree in social work or related field.

Certificates & Licenses: State certification in school social work or related field.

Experience: A minimum of three years' work experience preferred. Demonstrated sensitivity to the needs of individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Essential Functions:
  • Promotes and reinforces consistent attendance with students, families, teachers, and administrators.
  • Files court Child in Need of Services (CHINS) petitions as needed and provides verbal testimony in court proceedings.
  • Stays abreast of laws and guidelines regarding attendance, truancy and chronic absenteeism.
  • Collects data to analyze and develop recommendations for program improvement.
  • Coordinates with schools, the court and other agencies to collect and disseminate information pertaining to truancy.
  • Trains school social workers, teachers and other school staff in truancy and attendance related matters (e.g., attendance laws, best practices and interventions).
  • Conducts home visits with parents and students to follow up on truant students and gain parental support in students' educational, behavioral and social emotional development.
  • Provides intervention for the purpose of redirecting youth towards consistent school attendance.
  • Supports building social workers with intervention strategies.
  • Serves as a liaison between school and community agencies with respect to reporting child abuse/neglect.
  • Provides individual and group counseling for students to improve academic achievement.
  • Provides appropriate interventions to ensure proper school attendance and prevent school "drop-out" in conjunction with established school and community program.
  • Monitors students attendance and develops programs to support consist attendance.
  • Provides psycho-educational trainings and workshops for staff, students, and parents (e.g. truancy intervention workshops, parenting skills, community resources, district programs, social skills development, etc.).
  • Carries out other duties as assigned by department administrators.
  • Works with other agencies to coordinate services for students and families.
  • Serves on different committees and task force within the school system and community.
  • Supervises student interns as assigned.
  • Conducts or participates in research as needed.
  • Maintains records for professional accountability as well as for local/state requirements.
  • Completes social histories for the social-cultural component of new and triennial multi-disciplinary referrals for Special Education Services (as needed).
  • Provides clinically appropriate counseling and/or therapeutic services to individual students, groups of students, and families when students show high levels of "at risk" symptoms for school failure, including discipline and adjustment problems.
  • Provides crisis intervention counseling.
  • Collaborates with school administrators, school social workers and teachers for purpose educating students, parents and the community about laws and the benefits related to consist school attendance.
  • Meets with students, school social workers, parents, and school administrators for the purpose of determining reasons for truancy and developing plans for improving student attendance.
  • Reviews all referrals to the Attendance Panel Team.
  • Facilitates timely and appropriate interventions and follow-up services to students, their parents and teachers.
  • Provides comprehensive school social work services to parents, students and school staff, addressing barriers that limit a student from receiving full benefit from their educational experience.

Clearances:

  • Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
  • Tuberculosis Skin Test.

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Company

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) is one of the most diverse school systems in the country and we celebrate that diversity. Our students come from more than 128 different countries, speak more than 75 languages, and represent a rainbow of ethnic and cultural groups.

Alexandria is a historic seaport community located on the Potomac River overlooking our Nation's Capital.  Rich in history, yet firmly focused on the future, ACPS is committed to making a difference for every child.

Located just 8 miles from Washington, D. C., ACPS offers many exciting opportunities for teachers and administrators. For more information on available positions please visit:

http://www.acps.k12.va.us/hr/recruit/

and click: "vacancies"

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Location
Alexandria
VA
22314
US
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