Job Title: Juvenile Case Manager for Truancy Prevention & Intervention Grant

Duty Days: 225

Pay Grade: E03

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Primary Purpose:

Pasadena ISD was awarded a Truancy Prevention and Intervention grant from the Texas Office of the Governor-Criminal Justice Division. The grant will allow PISD to employ two Juvenile Case Managers to provide specialized support services to students at risk for truancy at participating high schools through a “capture and connect” approach. The project will target 9^th and 10^th grade students throughout the school year and provide a summer program for incoming ninth graders who are at risk of chronic absenteeism. Through the grant, the Juvenile Case Manager will identify the needs and/or missing skills that prevent regular school attendance and offer supports, connection, and skill-building to help students achieve academic success and develop positive relations with adults over the school year.

Qualifications: Education/Certification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Administration/Counseling/Behavioral/Mental Health/Social Work/Law Enforcement or related field or Associate's degree with at least 5 years of work-related experience
• Must have a valid TX State Driver's license

Special Knowledge/Skills

• Bilingual - English/Spanish (Required)  

Experience

• Knowledge of and experience working with at-risk youth, truancy programs, and/or court system
• Knowledge of compulsory attendance laws and strategies to resolving truancy, excessive absences and tardiness problems
• Ability to serve as district liaison to parents, law enforcement agencies and court personnel
• - Preferred-Not Required

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Implement and comply with state and district policies regarding attendance and truancy
• Communicate compulsory attendance laws and school policy to parents and students
• Investigate cases of unexcused and excessive absences and tardies and connect students to district and campus support programs
• Work closely with teachers, counselors, principals, other school staff, students, and guardians to identify problems of tardiness, attendance and student truancy
• Regularly counsel students and guardians who are at risk of dropping out
• Establish and maintain needed supports for students in matters of attendance and tardiness; make a reasonable effort to gain their cooperation to improve attendance and student outcomes
• Conduct home visits and parent conferences on student truancy and attendance problems
• Conduct initial student assessments to identify barriers to attendance and develop intervention and prevention plans aimed at increasing attendance and school outcomes
• Regularly monitor student’s data on case load, problem solve solutions and maintain communication with all stakeholders
• Compile, maintain and file all physical and computerized reports, records and other documents required including records of all cases investigated and reports required by state and district policy
• Comply with all district policy and procedures
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, students and parents
• Maintain confidentiality concerning student and/or families with all persons other than authorized persons or agencies
• Other duties as assigned

Working Conditions:

Environmental Demands:

• The environmental demands described here are representative of those that may be present in the workplace while the employee performs the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle, grasp or feel; reach with hands and arms; push and pull, and talk, hear and smell. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. Employee in this position may encounter prolonged sitting and/or standing. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus