Homeless Liaison Assistant - T&L

JOB DESCRIPTION:

HOMELESS LIAISON ASSISTANT

Salary

Schedule:

Non-Certified Instructor

Department:
Teaching & Learning

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Safety-Related Job:
Yes

Assisting the homeless education team to remove barriers to full participation and connect students and families to resources needed to be successful.

• Bachelor's degree
• Prior experience in education, mental health, or social work setting highly preferred
• Ability to perform each essential duty 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.

• Assist in general implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Program.
• Assist students and families through fostering communication between stakeholders and implementing strategies to improve instructional access.
• Meet with school officials, DHS caseworkers, family, and community agency personnel to advocate for the best educational program for individual students.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and professional growth activities.
• Refers students to partnering agencies for nutrition, medical, mental, and other health-related needs for well-being.
• Speaks to community groups to inform and to encourage their partnership with the school district.
• Promote and support a high level of student attendance and achievement through assistance with student health, education, activities, residence, and transportation.
• Maintain program presence in the assigned school(s) through office hours, availability to meet with students and families as needed, and consistent needs assessments with students in the program.
• Work collaboratively and flexibly within an established team to adapt to novel challenges.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee occasionally required to sit.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely…