Student Engagement Specialist (Liverpool School District)

Job Title: Student Engagement Specialist
Promise Zone - School Based Initiatives
Location: Liverpool School District, on-site
Status: Full-Time - 40 hours [Non-exempt]
Pay Rate: $20.70 per hour ($43,056 annually)

Put the CARE in your CAREER!

At CCSI, our mission is to activate possibilities for our customers and employees through collaboration, compassion, equity, and imagination. For more than 30 years, CCSI has been a leading non-profit partner to local governments, schools, and community-based organizations, helping them improve their business processes so they can focus on their missions. If you’re looking for a career with purpose that creates lasting change in the community, we encourage you to apply.

In this role, you will work in conjunction with school social worker(s), psychologist(s), counselor(s), and administration) to:

• Proactively identify students in need of social, behavioral, and mental health supports, and connect those students with opportunities for growth and development within a school’s multi-tiered system of support.
• Implement intervention strategies as developed and shared with the school support teams.
• Link students with available school and community-based services.
• Monitor effectiveness of interventions and make adjustments as needed.
• Engage students and families to foster positive home-school connections.
• Collaborate with school administrators, social workers, and school team members to ensure service expectations are met.
• Implement other supports to meet student needs as directed by school social worker, psychologist, counselor, or administrator.
• Serve as a resource to faculty regarding social and behavioral concerns of youth.
• Support the implementation of a culturally inclusive and supportive school climate that centers the voices and needs of youth.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Graduation from regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with Bachelors’ Degree in Human Services, Education, or related field, and (2) years professional experience in working with school aged youth,
• OR equivalent education and work experience ( see CCSI's equivalency chart )

Additional Requirements:

• Able to attend offsite meetings and trainings on time to meet requirements of position.
• Satisfactory completion of required background screenings: criminal, Statewide Central Register.
• Respect the confidential nature of all CCSI and CCSI customer information you are exposed to in the course of your work performance. Staff working directly with protected health information /electronically stored protected health information, personally identifiable information, and other patient/consumer/customer data, will abide by the specific procedures and policies outlined by CCSI’s Code of Conduct and CCSI’s Privacy and Security Policies, New York State regulations and Federal regulations.

At CCSI, you’ll enjoy

• Market-competitive compensation
• An award-winning Wellness@Work and employee benefits program.
• An organization that is committed to racial equity and anti-racist practices .
• Continuous professional development opportunities
• A voice in shaping CCSI’s ever-evolving diverse company culture.

We Are CCSI!

For more than 30 years, CCSI has been a leading non-profit partner to government agencies, schools, and community-based organizations in the mental and behavioral health space. We aim to maximize these organizations’ potential to serve their communities by supporting their business operations and staffing needs. We dream of communities where everyone flourishes, and we are proud to help our customers move towards that goal.

At CCSI, you are not just part of a team, you are part of a community. You do not just fit in, you belong. We are proud of our steadfast commitment to equity, working diligently to remedy the impact of systems of racism and other forms of oppression to ensure that everyone in our employee community can flourish. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to consider joining us.