Youth Intervention Specialist - Brenkwitz Continuation High School (2023-2024 School Year) at Hayward Unified School District
About the Employer
The Hayward Unified School District is committed to educational equity so that every student realizes their innate potential, becoming a lifelong learner and having a positive impact on their community. Our mission is to draw from our community’s rich diversity in order to create engaging and equitable educational experiences for students, delivered in a safe and supportive environment. This environment supports inclusion, anti racism through an ethnic studies learner orientation and growth mindset. HUSD believes the responsibility for student success is broadly shared by district staff, families, our community, and our students’ own efforts. Each HUSD student deserves respectful learning environments in which diversity is valued and contributes to successful academic outcomes. We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who: - Reflect our diverse community - Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference - Empower students furthest from opportunity - Demonstrate cultural competence and cultural humility - Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination - Actively seek to disrupt institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities - Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders.
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HAYWARD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Position Description
TITLE: Youth Intervention Specialist REPORTS TO: Site Principal
DEPARTMENT: Educational Services / School Site CLASSIFICATION: Management
FLSA: FSLA WORK YEAR: 197 days
BOARD
APPROVAL: 5/25/11
BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of the site principal, design and implement programs to help students overcome problems that impede learning and assist them and their families in making educational and behavioral plans.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Student Support Services
Assist students in developing appropriate behavior patterns for dealing with school and life setting activities and relationships with peers, teachers, etc.
Developing personalized programs based on each students individual needs
Provide individual and small group social/emotional counseling/therapy, including support groups focusing on school adjustment issues
Provide crisis intervention and connections to appropriate agencies for student experiencing a severe crisis
Assist with student support programs such as Student Study Teams and related programs. Work with the site administrator to develop school wide activities that promote student recognition and motivation
Design and provide specialty workshops to provide youth training, accountability and positive peer support while gaining social and personal responsibility.
Assure programs are designed and implemented to support a multi-dimensional plan for achieving incremental improvement benchmarks and overall behavioral-based goals
Assists students, parents and teachers in making use of community resources
Educational Support Services
Assist in the implementation of a school-wide, multi-level instructional and behavioral system for preventing school failure including screening, progress monitoring, data based decision making for instruction, movement within the multilevel system and identification of student disabilities.
- Complete formal and information psycho-educational assessments for the purpose of identifying special needs
- Attend and serve as administrative designee at IEP’s
- Recommend program and classroom placements consistent with the needs of the student
- Support teachers and administrators regarding student issues by giving guidance through 504’s, behavior plans, SST, IEP and discipline process
- Assure that lower level interventions have been appropriately implemented and analyized for effectiveness prior to moving to the next level of intervention
Family Support Services
- Coordinate family, school and community resources on behalf of the students
- Works with families concerning home situations that relate to the student’s performance
- Works with teachers, administrators and other staff regarding issues of student attitudes, progress and attendance (truancy and absenteeism)
- Works with Child, Welfare and Attendance and provides information in a timely manner
- Facilitate group parent education programs
- Establish a parent information program which provides opportunities for parent to meet with school counselors to discuss concerns and develop strategies for assisting students outside of school
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE OF:
Programs to support healthy kids and healthy families
School based behavioral health program
Continuum of services to support academic, emotional, and social growth
Expertise in diagnosis and prescriptive programming
Experience and expertise in the assessing of children of different cultural and racial groups
ABILITY TO:
Work with individuals, groups and families
Support systemic change and reform initiatives that produce gains in closing the achievement gap.
Manage conflict through quality decision-making and effective problem solving.
Collaborate and work with staff in general education, school support, and professional development to provide quality programs and services to students in special education and general education.
Ability to translate knowledge and understanding to practical application in the areas of curriculum, assessment, evaluation.
The ability to speak Spanish will enhance qualifications.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of five (5) years experience with evidence of demonstrated instructional leadership or leadership in intervention/support models
Masters Degree from an accredited college or university preferred
CREDENTIAL/EDUCATION:
California Teaching Credential or Pupil Personnel Services Credential
California Administrative Credential
School Psychologist credential preferred
LICENSES AND OTHE REQUIREMENTS:
Valid California Drivers License
WORKING CONDITIONS:
ENVIRONMENT:
Office environment
Constant interruptions
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Dexterity of hand and fingers to operate a computer keyboard.
Hearing and speaking to exchange information
Seeing to read a variety of materials
Sitting for extended periods of time
Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching to file materials.
Walking throughout the campus
OVERTIME EXEMPT:
This position is designated Management under the provisions of the EERA.
This position is designated overtime exempt under the provisions of the Education Code.
Requirements / Qualifications
Applicants must possess a valid California Administrative Services Credential or be intern eligible for the credential. Master's Degree desirable. Must submit a fully completed application, 3 letters of recommendation, a current resume, and a letter of introduction.
Completed application; current resume; three current letters of recommendation; copies of credentials and letter of introduction
- Credential Copy
- Letter of Introduction
- Letter(s) of Recommendation
- Resume
Requirements / Qualifications
Applicants must possess a valid California Administrative Services Credential or be intern eligible for the credential. Master's Degree desirable. Must submit a fully completed application, 3 letters of recommendation, a current resume, and a letter of introduction.
Completed application; current resume; three current letters of recommendation; copies of credentials and letter of introduction
- Credential Copy
- Letter of Introduction
- Letter(s) of Recommendation
- Resume
Comments and Other Information
Non-Discrimination Policy
Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, immigration status, age, religion, marital or parental status, pregnancy status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. If a complainant is unable to put a complaint in writing due to conditions such as a disability or illiteracy, district staff shall assist him/her in the filing of the complaint.
If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should immediately contact the school site principal and/or their supervisor. See the links below for more information on complaint management, Title IX, and Uniform Complaint Procedures and forms. For Uniform and Title IX Complaints, please contact Dr. Michelle Pérez at (510) 784-2600, ext 72562 or amperez@husd.us. The address is 24411 Amador Street, Hayward, CA 94544. A copy of the HUSD Uniform Complaint Board Policy along with the Uniform Complaint Administrative Regulations and the HUSD non-discrimination policy are available, free of charge, upon request.
Comments and Other Information
Non-Discrimination Policy
Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from discrimination and harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, immigration status, age, religion, marital or parental status, pregnancy status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. If a complainant is unable to put a complaint in writing due to conditions such as a disability or illiteracy, district staff shall assist him/her in the filing of the complaint.
If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should immediately contact the school site principal and/or their supervisor. See the links below for more information on complaint management, Title IX, and Uniform Complaint Procedures and forms. For Uniform and Title IX Complaints, please contact Dr. Michelle Pérez at (510) 784-2600, ext 72562 or amperez@husd.us. The address is 24411 Amador Street, Hayward, CA 94544. A copy of the HUSD Uniform Complaint Board Policy along with the Uniform Complaint Administrative Regulations and the HUSD non-discrimination policy are available, free of charge, upon request.
Application Deadline
2/26/2024 12:00 AM Pacific
Date Posted
9/13/2023
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$119,639 - $143,657 Annually
$119,639 - $143,657 Annually
Length of Work Year
197 days
Employment Type
Full Time