CWA Truancy Outreach Specialist

About the Employer

Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) began providing services to students in 1852 and is located in the heart of California's Central Valley near the banks of the San Joaquin River. SUSD is the 17th largest school district in California, whereby 38,000 PK-12th grade students come to us to experience an academic journey that leads to high school graduation and success in college, careers, and as actively-engaged community members. The District also serves a number of adults through our Stockton School For Adults. SUSD is made up of thirty-seven Head Start classes, fifty-three state preschool classes, three First 5 preschool classes, forty-one K-8 schools, four comprehensive high schools, three small high schools, an alternative high school, a special education school, a school for adults, and five dependent charter schools. Our district mission is to graduate every single youth college, career, and community ready. Stockton Unified School District is dedicated to providing high-quality first instruction, rigorous curriculum, and supporting academic achievement and social-emotional development supported by Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). The District's work is guided by three focal goals:

• Every child by the end of third grade will read and comprehend at the proficient level.

• Every child will have access to high quality, rigorous first instruction.

• Every child, by the end of 12th grade, will graduate and be college, career, and community ready.

Job Summary

SUSD is proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package:

-FREE health benefits through Kaiser for Employee and Family

8 Hours Per Day 7:30am - 4:00pm

Job Description / Essential Elements:

CHILD WELFARE AND ATTENDANCE TRUANCY OUTREACH SPECIALIST

BASIC FUNCTION:

Perform duties related to child welfare and attendance truancy outreach specialist including processing appropriate documents, implementing State rules and regulations relating to compulsory school attendance, school admission and District policies under the direction of the Child Welfare and Attendance Administrator and/or Director of Student Support Services.

REPRESNTATIVE DUTIES:: Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions show below (E) This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements including, but not limited to:

Enforce compulsory school attendance laws as provided in the Education Code and District policies; advise students and parents on educational objectives and school and District resources. (E)

Contact parent/guardians at their home to obtain information about students, provide information to parents on issues related to school policies and programs and related attendance laws, discuss irregular attendance, chronic absenteeism, and truancy. (E)

Locate students who may not have not registered for school within District boundaries, facilitate enrollment or verify school enrollment.

Promote students' educational program(s), refer students and families to District Social Services staff in order to link students and families to resources to aid in regular school attendance. (E)

Maintain accurate and complete records of home visits, cases and prepare supporting documentation for prosecution of truancy and/or referral to SARB. (E)

Perform related duties as assigned.

License, Certificates and Other Requirements

• Associate degree or NCLB compliant
• Valid California Driver's License and evidence of insurance
• Official transcript verification of high school completion and post-secondary education and training

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Organization, procedures and operating details of the District
• Knowledge of social welfare and child development law and policies related to educational systems. Child Abuse Reporting Laws
• Applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures related to school attendance
• Resources within the District and in the community available to parents, teachers and students including State and Federal resources and community agencies and their role and ability to provide services not available in the District

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, parents and students
• Analyze situations and adopt effective courses of action; make child abuse reports, as appropriate
• Manage caseload under the direction of supervisor
• Maintain detailed and accurate records and case notes for auditing and control purposes
• Demonstrate the physical capability sufficient to perform job tasks
• Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Carry out oral and written directions, write and speak at a level sufficient to fulfill the duties to be performed for the position described

Working Conditions

Environment:

• Office, school and community environments
• Driving a vehicle to conduct work
• May be asked to attend SARB, various District and school meetings, community meetings related to student attendance and truancy.

Hazards:

• Contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals, animals, and potentially volatile situations
• Frequent car travel

Physical Demands:

• The successful applicant for this position must be able to:
• Enter data into a computer and operate standard office equipment
• Sit for extended periods of time
• See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels in person and on the telephone, with or without hearing aids
• Bend at the waist
• Reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, grasp, push/pull
• Frequently lift and carry up to 15 lbs for short distances

Requirements / Qualifications

• Driver's License Copy (Valid California Driver's License and evidence of insurance)
• Letter of Introduction
• NCLB Compliance (Copy of Transcript (48 or More Semester College Units) OR NCLB Compliance (48 or More Semester College Units or 2 Part Paraprofessional Training) OR Paraprofessional Testing (2 Part Paraprofessional Training
• Resume (Current Resume)

Comments and Other Information

Applicants are requested not to make contact with members of the Board of Education, the administrative staff or potential panel members. Candidates not following these guidelines are subject to disqualification from the interview process.

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSTING PLEASE CONTACT:
SHERRY SIMONS, PERSONNEL ANALYST
Ext. 2123 or

Stockton Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), and bullying based on a person's actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, sexual orientation; a 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.

El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Stockton prohíbe discriminación, acoso (incluyendo acoso sexual), atormentar o coercionar, e intimidación incluyendo: la discriminación contra un individuo o grupo por motivos de raza, color, ascendencia, nacionalidad, origen nacional, estado migratorio, identificación de grupo étnico, etnicidad, edad, religión, estado civil, embarazo, estado parental, discapacidad física o mental, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género o información genética; una percepción de una o más de tales características; o asociación con una persona o grupo, con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas.

For inquiries regarding our non-discrimination policies, please refer to the following contacts. Kindly refrain from contacting these individuals regarding the application process.

Para consultas sobre nuestras pólizas de no discriminación, consulte los siguientes contactos. Por favor, absténgase de comunicarse con estas personas con respecto al proceso de solicitud.

Joanne Castillo
Constituent Services Director, Title Ix Coordinator
X2195
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Dr. Dwight Rogers
Director Of Equity, Diversity & Family Engagement, Equity Compliance Officer
X1387
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Britney Wilson
Coordinator Training Compliance, Title Ii Coordinator
X2330
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Jennifer Robles
School Counselor Program Specialist, Section 504 Coordinator
X2617
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