Outreach Worker - Bonneville Junior High

Overview

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above. Spanish-speaking is greatly preferred. If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Shawn Neilson, Associate Director, at  or email sneilson

Hours per week: 29

Job Title:

Outreach Worker

• Facilitate a warm and welcoming Family Engagement Center
• Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers
• Coordinate basic needs resources
• Work with Community Partners
• Teach academic and functional support skills to adults using district approved curriculum, including but not limited to the following classes:
• Adult ESL
• Computer
• Together Time
• Family communication/advocacy
• Parenting
• Parent involvement in school - gradebook, portal, etc
• Attend assigned meetings
• Attend District professional development trainings
• Assist principals and school community councils with partnership activities that meet the goals of their school parent involvement plan
• Work independently using initiative based on needs as well as collaboratively with school/community/district personnel
• Inform patrons/families of available school, GSD, and Community resources/services
• Assist assigned schools with SEP/SEOP/ APTT meetings
• Facilitate partnerships and involvement between parents, school, and school-parent organizations
• Turn in monthly reports

• Other duties as assigned
• Spanish speaking ability strongly preferred

• Required Education and
  
  Qualifications:
  
  High school diploma or equivalent
• Required Prior
  
  Experience:
  
  none
• Required Knowledge and
  
  Skills:
  
  Experience working with schools and families preferred
• Assigned Decision Making: none
• Interactions With Others:
  • Facilitate a warm and welcoming Family Engagement Center
  • Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers
  • Attend assigned meetings
  • Work with Community Partners
• Supervisory Responsibility: none
• Budget Responsibility: none
• Working Environment:
  Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers
• Physical Requirements:
  
  See below

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Employee may be asked to assist with food pantry set up that would require lifting no more than 20 lbs

Note:

The list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.