District Resource Officer (12-month)

JOB DESCRIPTION: District Resource Officer

Qualifications:

• Master of Counseling degree preferred
• A minimum of two years experience working with children and families preferred
• Vehicle to use on the job to travel within the school district and occasional travel out of district

Essential Duties:

• Complete comprehensive assessments as needed
• Provide crisis intervention services
• Provide long and short-term case management services to individual students and their families
• Link students and their families with school and community resources
• Assist families with understanding school and district policies and procedures
• Advocate for the needs of individual students within the home, school, and community environments
• Coordinate services with community agencies and school personnel
• Conduct home visits
• Promote parental involvement in the educational process
• Complete documentation and maintain records as required
• Investigate zoning, attendance, or other student-related concerns as assigned
• Confer with parents on daily absences and make home calls when necessary
• Assist with attendance information to the school personnel as needed
• Counsel students and carry out the school's policy on truancy
• Maintain a file on all referrals, counseling, and action taken
• Assist routinely with the identification of truant students
• Attend court and other legal proceedings as requested
• Participate in ongoing professional development training
• Complete other professional tasks as assigned
• Establish a positive relationship with students, parents, co-workers, volunteers, and other visitors

HOW TO APPLY: All applicants should complete the State of Alabama on-line application and attach it to the specific job number in order to be eligible for hire. This application can be found on the website https://www.careersalk12education.org/

Any questions should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (334) 607-0686 or (334) 223-6730

(The funding for and duration of this position are finite, Pursuant to the Students First Act of 2011,

Section 4(3)(b), tenure may not be gained by time served in this position).

SPECIAL NOTE: The person selected for this position must agree to a background check, be fingerprinted, and pay a $46.20 fee. This is required by law.

SPECIAL NOTE: For employees starting work after the beginning date of the work term, the salary will be pro-rated and based on the number of contract days left in the school year, divided by the remaining months in the contract year.

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. "NO PERSON SHALL BE DENIED EMPLOYMENT OR BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY, SEX, RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, COLOR OR AGE."

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