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Student & Family Support Specialist - Horizons
Position Summary
Horizons at Carolina Day seeks a Family Support Specialist to provide counseling support for our students and maintain strong relationships between the program, the caregiver community, amongst students, and teach Social Emotional Learning Lessons.
This position will work with Horizons’ families and the teaching team to develop and implement plans that support the social-emotional wellbeing of students.
This is a summer position taking place from June 15th – July 24, 2023. June 19th and July 3rd are program holidays.
Hours for this position are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm.
Organization Background
Horizons at Carolina Day, an affiliate of the nationally renowned Horizons program, is a public-private partnership that provides academic, cultural, and recreational summer programming designed to support economically disadvantaged students in realizing their full potential. The heart of Horizons is a six week equity-centered summer academic program that supports a cohort of students in reading, writing, math, and science, paired with swimming lessons, field trips, sports, and enrichment activities in the performing and visual arts. The program also includes a year-round component featuring online tutoring, Saturday events, regular visits to schools, and communication with students’ schools and teachers. Our program launched in the summer of 2018 with one class of 15 Kindergarten students. One grade (15 students) will be added each summer until the program includes K-8th grade. In summer 2026, we will add a class – serving 135 students rising into grades 1 - 9.
The primary goal of Horizons is to reverse the trend of summer learning loss that adversely impacts the long-term success of students from underserved communities. The student/teacher ratio at Horizons is approximately 5:1. Please read more about Horizons on our website if you are interested in joining our team: https://www.horizonsatcarolinaday.org/
Job Responsibilities
- Provide student support through behavioral intervention and motivation strategies
- Implementation of a curriculum focused on social-emotional competencies
- Help to facilitate teacher-caregiver relationships
- Work collaboratively with caregivers to develop and implement remediation plans for students
- Work with families to discuss and connect to outside support when needed
- Aid in the development and implementation of crisis management protocols
- Follow up with families on attendance on a regular basis
- Attend all mandatory staff trainings and meetings
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this position is warm, attentive, collaborative, and possesses an understanding of how culture, race, and socio-economic status intersect within the learning experiences of young people. Other qualifications include:
Passion for education equity, social-emotional wellness- Experience working with underserved youth and communities
- Training in and experience using effective behavioral health strategies
- Experience providing counseling and/or structured emotional support to youth
- Experience working with caregivers in a community-based setting
- Strong relational skills, demonstrated through warmth and the ability to work well with a team
- Ability to maintain the confidence of students and their families
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- MSW or other counseling related master’s degree preferred
Compensation:
$6263 (including training and summer salary)
Horizons at Carolina Day School is an equal opportunity employer.
Americans with Disabilities Specifications
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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