Community Liaison; Day School Pgh​/PHP

Position: Home Community Liaison (Day School Pgh/PHP)
Pressley Ridge Benefits

The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. At Pressley Ridge, we strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health.

* Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match

* Prescription coverage

* Dental and vision plans

* Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost

* Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account

* Wellness incentive (up to $250)

* 403b with up to 9% employer give/match

* Free life insurance and AD&D

* Paid sick time (up to 15 days)

* Paid holidays including a birthday holiday

* Tuition reimbursement (if applicable)

* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Position Summary

The Home Community Liaison (HCL) is responsible for identifying areas of need within a student's ecology and coordinating linkages to assure positive program effects beyond the program environment. They will also support in the classroom, as needed.

Essential Responsibilities

* Clinical and Support

* Meet with the student's family in their home or community within the first month of school to complete beginning of the year paperwork and work with families to assess areas of need.

* Work with school districts and transportation providers to ensure that appropriate and safe transportation services are available.

* Collaborate with the Special Education Teacher in the implementation and review of the Individualized Education Plans (IEP) for each student.

* Collaborates with the classroom team to support students in all content areas as well as areas specified in IEP through individual, group and experiential interactions.

* Develop, implement and review Student Support Plans (SSP) in collaboration with the classroom team.

* Develop and implement a classroom/behavioral management system in collaboration with the classroom team.

* Implement school wide policies, procedures and interventions.

* Meet regularly with each student to facilitate and support the completion of academic/behavioral health programming.

* Demonstrates a proficient level of cultural sensitivity.

* Community Engagement

* Actively encourage each student's parents/guardians to attend at least one family event during the school year.

* Facilitate parent participation in community outings throughout the school year.

* Have a minimum of one face to face contact every month with each student's parents/guardians.

* Contact community organizations to increase opportunities for students.

* Be responsible for 1 out of 4 school-wide family activities (one per nine-week period) per year.

* Support individualized community-based activities for each student.

* Communication

* Maintain, at a minimum, four to five phone contacts per family over the summer break.

* Maintain, at a minimum, one face-to-face contact per family over the summer break.

* Contact families when students are absent from program.

* Maintain weekly telephone contact with each student's parent/guardian.

* Arrange for each student's parents/guardians to visit the school, at least, two times per year.

* Maintain ongoing communication with the referring school district including scheduling and facilitating meetings.

* Maintain communication (within the limits of confidentiality) with representatives from all the community agencies (e.g., Children and Youth Services, Juvenile Court, and Mental.

* Communicate with identified students and their families regarding discharge planning and encourage their active participation.

Inform all other service providers involved with the students of the discharge plans and coordinate the various services they will be providing.

* Works collaboratively with the therapist to ensure continuity of care upon discharge from the PHP.

* Documentation

* Complete beginning of the year paperwork by end of September.

* Complete phone contact logs weekly (Evolv & IEPWriter).

* Complete HCL Events weekly.

* Complete Community-Based activity summaries weekly.

* Complete IEP invitations for meetings and complete IEP minutes at meetings.

* Obtain signatures for PHP documentation within regulatory timelines.

* Follow designated program policy regarding the documentation of critical incidents.

* Complete designated assessment forms as required.

* Assist in monitoring the attendance of each assigned student daily.

* Develop and implement truancy elimination plans as needed.

* Assure that all discharge related documentation (SIS, MyEvolv, etc.) is completed within the identified timeframe.

* Leadership

* Meet with the coordinator during supervision to discuss family/student progress.

* Assist in monitoring the attendance of each assigned student daily.

* Develop and implement truancy elimination plans as needed.

* Meet regularly with each student to discuss and monitor his/her current educational and behavioral current goals, and interests.

* Risk Management and Safety

* Directly always supervise students.

* Follow program-designated…