CIS Site Coordinator -La Porte ISD

Communities In Schools of Southeast Harris and Brazoria County • La Porte, TX

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About The Position

This position will be responsible for the day-to day operations of the program at the school site. The site coordinator works closely with the principal, faculty, students, parents, community members, and other concerned individuals to ensure that identified Communities In Schools of Brazoria and/or Southeast Harris County programs are provided.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Education, or a related field.
• A minimum of three years’ experience in work setting. Must be able to work with students and parents of low and medium incomes and interface with various members of school and community.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common and/or technical documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from the campus site or community or Austin.
• Ability to effectively present information to faculty, staff, administrators, community, and/or board of directors.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in any form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• While performing the duties of Site Coordinator, a minimum of two years computer experience in Microsoft Word, and Excel, or other comparable programs will be required to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to effectively utilize a software program (CISTMS) used for data entry, after reasonable training has been conducted. The Site Coordinator is required to do data entry into the software program, maintaining detailed student activities for state-wide reporting purposes.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess a valid Texas Driver's license, be insurable with a good driving record.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Be well groomed.
• Present professional appearance.
• Exhibit excellent work attitude and interpersonal skills.
• Work in team environment by partnering with other site coordinators.
• Have the ability to function in a diverse job situation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates services for identified students during the school day and possibly before and after school.
• Interviews students and/or parents and/or guardian with problems such as personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing, housing, and physical and mental impairments to determine nature and degree of problem.
• Secures information such as medical, psychological, and social factors contributing to student's situation, and evaluates these and student's capacities.
• Counsels student individually, in family, or in other small groups regarding plans for meeting needs, and aids student to mobilize inner capacities and environmental resources to improve social functioning.
• Helps student to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self, personal issues
• Maintains working knowledge of community resources and agencies and engages the appropriate resources to individual students’ and families’ needs
• Refers student and/or parent and/or guardian to community resources and other organizations.
• Compiles records and prepares reports, meeting required deadlines in a timely manner.
• Reviews service plan and performs follow-up inquiries to determine quantity and quality of services provided to the student and status of student's case.
• Accesses and records student and community resource information.
• Secures supplementary information such as free and reduced lunch status, discipline reports, grades, and other school data reports necessary to acquire an accurate assessment of the student’s needs.
• Actively involve volunteers in their areas of interest and expertise.
• Work closely with principal(s) to effectively structure programs, meeting the needs of the individual campus setting. When required, determines student's eligibility for financial assistance.
• Effectively meeting the objective of the CIS program through individual mentoring and/or counseling and/or organized group sessions incorporating one or more of the six components as set forth by CIS.
• Organizing and maintaining student case files in compliance with the Perfect File Checklist as outlined by CIS.
• Plan, organize, and implement program design to effectively meet the needs of the students.
• Relate, motivate, encourage students, parents/guardian and/or administrators, faculty, and staff.
• Have knowledge of resources in either Brazoria County or Southeast Harris County area.
• Must be able to interact consistently in a positive manner with a diverse group of individuals of the school, city, and state entities as well as branch subsidiaries and the state office of CIS.
• Compile and submit reports and information in a timely manner.
• Exhibit excellent work attitude, strong work ethic, and self-motivation.
• Be responsible for program planning and implementation of objectives.
• Facilitate, develop, and/or conduct workshops as deemed necessary by the Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer and/or Program Director.
• Encourage and motivate parents to become actively involved along with their children in school activities.
• Work with students and parents to implement recreational and extracurricular activities in order to enhance self-esteem and reinforce developmental skills.
• Work with parents, students, and staff in CIS fund-raising activities and provide a financial report following each activity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level