Jeffco Public Schools, one of Colorado's largest K-12 school district, with over 80,000 students and approximately 14,000 employees, has provided educational excellence for since 1950. Nearly 10 percent of all Colorado K-12 students attend a Jeffco school, and our employees benefit from partnerships with experienced, dynamic school leaders throughout our district. Come join us!

Jeffco Public Schools is a Single-State Employer. All candidates hired by Jeffco Public Schools must reside within the state of Colorado.

Desired Start Date: 2/10/23

Student Engagement Advocate
Annual Position
FLSA: Nonexempt
FTE: 1.00000 , Hours/Day: 8.000 , Days/Year: 205
Salary Plan, Grade, Step: CSE - Site Based Scty -205 day , R78, 1
Hourly Rate: $26.07, Annual Rate: $42,753.00 Effective as of: 08-16-2022

**Annual salary noted above is based on an 8 hour day and full days worked calendar. Any position that is less than a full FTE/8 hours per day or late start will be prorated accordingly.

Certain Education Support Professional (ESP) jobs may include the value of holiday pay into the hourly rate. Review the Holiday in Rate column of the Education Support Professional Job Title, Wage Plan, Grade document.

The successful new hire or rehired candidate will be responsible to complete and incur the fingerprinting and processing fee of $54.50 through an appropriate fingerprinting vendor and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, within 48 hours of offer acceptance.

SUMMARY: Responsible for supporting students and families struggling with school engagement. The primary populations will be secondary students who have dropped out of school and those students identified K-12 as at-risk of dropping out. This role is responsible for identifying barriers to school success and developing and monitoring intervention plans. This work requires facilitating connections to school and community resources as well as understanding policies and eligibility criteria in order to facilitate services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Support a caseload of 45+ students who have dropped out of school or are at-risk of dropping out of school.

Run reports and conduct direct outreach to students who have dropped out.

Respond to a high number of requests to provide guidance and support from schools and families related to students who have disengaged from school.

Prioritize support and time to efficiently and effectively serve a diverse range of student needs.

Communicate effectively and efficiently with a variety of stakeholders on a regular basis to include families, students, school administrators and community partners.

Facilitate problem solving meetings that may range from 2 or 3 involved parties to more than 8 interested agents/agencies.

Coordinate and facilitate meetings with students and families at school, community partner locations, government, or service provider facilities in the community.

Facilitate district, school, and community trainings related to school engagement.

Coordinate and facilitate behavior intervention and social emotional learning groups.

Collaborate with local human services and mental/behavioral health providers.

Collaborate with school personnel to promote a successful plan of support for students with attendance issues.

Collaborate with district, school, and community departments, programs, and partners for the purposes of information sharing when appropriate.

Counsel students regarding future education and career goals.

Assist students and families in accessing support and resources.

Facilitate conferences with families and students, as appropriate, including information on school and program options in Jefferson County.

Facilitate substance abuse counseling for students and families by giving appropriate resources, referral for service, and follow up to ensure student enrollment.

Provide families and students information regarding resources available in local government and non-profit agencies.

Maintain case notes, logs and documentation on student progress (enrollment, attendance, discipline, academics, contacts, meetings, and referrals).

Conduct home visits as necessary.

Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty professionally and 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 TRAINING: Bachelor Degree preferred. Coursework in human services, social work, psychology recommended. Training in Motivational Interviewing, Restorative Practices, Diversity/Equity, Youth Mental Health First Aid, QPR, recommended.

EXPERIENCE: 2 or more years' experience supporting opportunity youth. Demonstrated experience working with multiple systems to include school district, youth, and community resources; experience working with students who have attendance challenges.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & EQUIPMENT: Requires oral communication, basic writing, interpersonal, phone etiquette, and computer and office software. Have the ability to interact well with students, parents/families, schools, and community agencies. Requires moderate level of training in area of specialty. Bilingual english/spanish a plus.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS: Valid Colorado's driver's license, CPR and first aid training preferred. Must have reliable transportation.

SUPERVISION/TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITY: This position has no supervisory responsibilities. This position serves as a resource to other building personnel regarding students and attendance best practices.

CONTACTS: Daily contact with persons within/outside department/building, students, families, the general public, Juvenile Assessment Center, probation system, Human services, JCMH, advisory committees, and/or District departments to address student engagement and family/community challenges. Contacts may involve somewhat sensitive matters involving problems and/or highly confidential information or data.

SAFETY TO SELF AND OTHERS: Medium exposure to self to repetitive motion injuries due to keyboarding.

The physical demands, work environment characteristics, and mental functions 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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment varies.

MENTAL FUNCTIONS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate and use interpersonal skills. The employee is frequently required to analyze, coordinate, compile, evaluate, synthesize, and compute. The employee is occasionally required to copy, instruct, and negotiate.

JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING: Work is diversified and may require detailed analysis to determine practical courses of action. This analysis may involve adapting and modifying guidelines when appropriate. Decision making includes a level of independent judgment and using available information and date to make appropriate decision. Using established policies set forth by the Student Engagement Office and District approved policies/procedures regarding the conduct code book.

DIVERSITY OF DUTIES: Duties are diversified and complex, and cross several areas regarding student conduct. Work requires training in school function and District policies and procedures.

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The Jefferson County School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, pregnancy, or gender.