Student Prevention​/Intervention Specialist 2026-2027 School Year (3441

Student Prevention/Intervention Specialist

The Student Prevention/Intervention Specialist will be responsible for facilitating the campus student intervention program. This will include facilitating campus teams that directly address the needs of students to assist them to be successful, facilitating student support groups, processing students who will require or request the services provided by the intervention teams, facilitating school-wide inservice education programs for all staff, providing direction to other staff members who assist with the intervention services and programs, maintaining and reporting appropriate data and records, and maintaining appropriate contact with community resources, agencies and organizations.

Essential functions include devoting the majority of time to academic, social/personal and behavioral interventions with students, facilitating intervention teams, coordinating student support groups, communicating with parents, school personnel, and community resources, scheduling and conducting student intervention conferences, maintaining communication with staff and administration, compiling and reporting accurate records, working collaboratively with community organizations, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, attending meetings, and providing program materials, educational activities, and training opportunities.

Required qualifications include a master's degree, state licensure as a clinical social worker, addictions counselor or clinical counselor, education and training in prevention and intervention best practices, training and experience as a support group facilitator, knowledge of individual and group activities that lead to school success, experience in conducting training, workshops, and classroom presentations, experience in working with youth and families in crisis, knowledge of dropout intervention best practices, knowledge of community resources and appropriate referral practices, knowledge of and sensitivity to ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic influences on the student, demonstrated skills in intervention, assessment and referrals, knowledge of and experience in team building and team maintenance, knowledge of the stages of adolescent growth and development, and knowledge of computer applications that will assist in tracking the activities and success of the program.