Assistant Dean of Students

POSITION OBJECTIVE

The Assistant Dean reports to the Senior Assistant Dean of Students and will work with the Dean of Students staff to provide management of the care team, case management, crisis management program, basic needs support efforts, and other student-related intervention strategies. The assistant dean of students will provide support to students facing a range of challenges including but not limited to issues related to mental health, substance abuse, regulating behavior, executive functioning, basic needs, and managing conduct in the university community.

The assistant dean of students will help plan and provide a variety of interventions, referrals and follow up services, maintain factual case records and provide outreach and education about the resources and services provided by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Division of Student Affairs to the university community. The assistant dean of students also serves in the dean-on-call rotation responding to student issues and emergencies during business hours, as well as nights and weekends.

The assistant dean is integral to the dean of students' office and will work directly with the Senior Assistant dean(s), Associate dean(s), Senior Associate dean(s) and Associate Vice President/ Dean of Students in all facets of the dean of students office. The assistant dean will be deeply committed to creating university infrastructures to enhance the basic needs support and holistic wellness of students and will enhance the welfare of students, recruitment, and retention.

The nature of this role requires participation in a wide range of activities while regularly collaborating with students, faculty, university administration, and graduate and/or professional school staff.

• Coordinate the university's process for addressing the needs of students who have crisis situations, academic, family, health, basic needs, and other issues through providing referrals, follow-up services and when necessary, withdraw the student from the university. Collaborate with students, staff, and other individuals to determine a student's ability to return to Case Western Reserve University after a withdrawal and help establish criteria for their return.
  
  Contact parents, guardians, emergency contacts, and staff as needed when students are hospitalized or at risk to the community and/or self. Serve as a primary liaison with local hospitals, and other local and campus emergency agencies (e.g., police department, coroner, etc.). Provide direct service to students (families), faculty and staff seeking guidance around a range of student-related academic, health, behavioral and personal issues.
  
  Participate in the dean-on-call rotation about student related matters. (30%)
• Participate on the Behavioral Intervention Team and provide follow-up communication, non clinical case management and documentation. Coordinate and conduct outreach, education and training for campus community about the Behavioral Intervention Team and Care Management. Manage student related issues that come before the Behavioral Intervention Team and handle subsequent follow-up, tracking and documentation in the Symplicity Advocate System. Enact comprehensive approaches to address the needs of students in distress or experiencing insecurities.
  
  Create and deliver presentations to students and parents during new student orientation/ discover week regarding the work they do with students and the many resources available for students. (20%)
• Coordinate day-to-day activities and operational tasks of the Case Western Reserve University Community Pantry, including but not limited to inventory, ordering, temperature logs, deliveries, pick-ups, drop offs of perishable and non-perishable items. Work with the senior assistant dean to enhance intentional partnership with case stakeholders while maintaining strong partnerships, and memorandums of understanding, with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Goods Bank, Swipe Out Hunger, Ohio Campus Compact, and other future partnerships.
  
  Continually assess the campus environment through formal and informal contact/discussion, surveys, focus groups, and other forms of valuable data collection to identify and address student needs. Serve as a Student Emergency Fund Committee member and ensure that the Student Emergency Fund request decision process is based in case-by-case review and equitable distribution of approved funds. (20%)
• Collaborate With University Health and Counseling Services, Undergraduate Advising Support, Disability Resources, Residence Life, Greek Life, and other university partners to manage the care management process for student cases that come to the Dean of Students office. Work with students who are struggling with navigating the resources and support on campus, in an effort to improve the coordination of care and the retention of students.
  
  Provide non-clinical case management for students (and their families), faculty and staff seeking guidance…