The School Prevention Specialist will serve schools K-12 in multiple school, providing support and interventions to at-risk youth and their family to prevent bullying, cyberbullying, school avoidance, physical fighting and school threats. To create a positive learning environment, this position requires a working alliance with LBS therapists, teachers, administrators and community members.
Essential Duties:
- Completes all required trainings
- Educate school staff on bullying, cyberbullying, school avoidance, school violence and school threats
- Provide students, family, teachers and administrators with relevant information and treatment referral process
- Track incidents of violence, bullying, cyberbullying physical fighting and school threats
- Monitor student attendance, track absences and identify students with school avoidance history
- Perform home visits to chronically absent and high-risk students to assess needs and family functioning
- Build relationships with schools and neighboring communities to engage high-risk youth
- Provide intervention in situations where violence is likely to occur
- Responsible for gaining student trust (Motivational Interviewing) to maintain active youth/family engagement
- Participate in collaborative efforts, meetings, and other events with partner organizations/communities to educate on prevention and treatment of school bullying, cyberbullying, physical fighting, threats, school avoidance, trauma, resiliency-building, and EBP approaches
- Formulate action plans to help resolve conflicts with high-risk individuals through mediation activities
- Provide support, role modeling and creative interventions including group for youth and family
- Provide preventive safety measures such as thorough threat assessments, resiliency-building and effective communication skill development
- Monitor and guide student behavior to align with the Student Code of Conduct
- Monitor morning student entrance and afternoon exit to school and cafeteria during lunch and events
- Conduct classroom walk-throughs to promote positive behavior
- Monitor gym when youth are engaged in structured or unstructured activities
- Identify and support youth and family with needed resources, physical and social health needs through barrier-free referrals to wraparound, home-based or other needed services.
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Practice person centered planning principles
- Complete progress notes to reflect progress toward established goals and objectives
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a human service field from an accredited college or university
- Prefer 2 years mental health experience in working with youth and family
Licensure – Valid Michigan driver’s license and able to pass motor vehicle background clearance
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to establish professional relationships
- Demonstrates knowledge of community resources.
- Works as part of a treatment team to facilitate efficient operation of the program and consumer services.
Qualifications - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed 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.
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 the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
