Description

Provide education and consultation services to schools through the Student Assistance Program. Serve as a specialist consultant to core teams while participating in community prevention activities. Provide assistance to supervisor in the direction and coordination of program depending on program need.

Responsibilities:

• Collect and record data to submit reports to Allegheny County OBH on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Provide classroom prevention/education sessions to enhance ATOD/MH curriculum upon request.
• Provide ATOD/MH prevention and education presentations in the community as requested.
• Assist in the development of after school and recreational programs for children and youth in the community.
• Assist with annual/quarterly assessments of services provided for quality assurance.
• Facilitate and/or co-facilitate educational and support groups covering topics identified by schools.
• Provide information and intervention referral sources to appropriate services (outpatient, inpatient, etc.).
• Establish/maintain effective working relationships with students/school personnel/community agencies as well as co-workers.
• Perform delegated leadership activities to staff upon Supervisor?s absence.
• Provide consultation services to school personnel regarding SAP, normal and abnormal child development, identification of students at-risk, and modes of intervention.
• Perform individual assessments on students referred by teachers and parents through the Core Team.
• Conduct individual sessions with referred students.
• Attend staff meetings/trainings in accordance with BDAP regulations while pursuing certification from the PA Chemical Abuse Certification Board.
• Attend all Instructional Support and Core Team meetings on a regular basis for all school services.
• Maintain positive communication with school personnel and parents regarding student?s progress in program (within the parameters of confidentiality).
• Assist with reports and completes documentation to include end of the month and quarterly statistics for county prevention reports.
• Coordinate crisis intervention services to school districts as needed.
• Provide staff training and development to Liaisons. Provide assigned mentoring and/or support during orientation.
• Attend assigned community and provider meetings and represent MYCS and the program with professionalism.
• Conduct research and evaluation studies in the schools and community to assure quality service delivery.
• Initiate and develop grant proposals to generate additional program revenue.
• Assist with coordination of staff schedule for school contract coverage, when necessary, facilitates and mandates staff schedule changes to meet program needs.

Qualifications

• MA/MS in social services or other human services degree WITH 3 years related experience in child serving system/SAP/prevention field.
• 1 year of experience in SAP preferred.
  
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