Student Safety Specialist

Information specific to this position: This position will be to help cover a leave of abscence.

Pay Range: $20.62 - $23.09 (min – 12% above min)/hr based on qualifications and experience*

Hours/day: 7.5

Work calendar days: 185

Duration of position: One Semester Only

Benefits include: Health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, PERA retirement, paid time off, short and long term disability, access to employee walk-in clinic, as well as other optional benefit elections.

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SUMMARY:

Responsible for providing support and assistance to educators and site-based student safety teams with implementing safety and/or behavior plans to support individual student needs so that they may fully participate in class and school activities. Deescalate and manage students with threatening behavior and assist students with pro-social, personal care, and self-awareness skills. Monitor students at school including at bus stops, hallways, restrooms, lunchrooms, and extracurricular activities. This Student Safety Specialist is RBT certified.

JOB TASKS:

1. Provide site-based safety teams with implementation and support of safety and/or behavior plans to manage individual students with 1:1 intervention. Teach and coach pro-social and safe behaviors as determined by student’s Response, Management, and Support Safety Plan (RMSP), Behavior Support/Intervention Plan (BIP), Individual Education Plan (IEP), Informed Supervision Plan or Individual Management and Support Plan (IMSP), and/or 504 Plan. De-escalate emotionally dysregulated students exhibiting threatening behavior towards themselves or others. Supervise behavior at school including bus stops, hallways, restrooms, recess, time-outs, lunchrooms, field trips, and extracurricular activities, etc. and intervene as necessary. 

2. Assist site-based safety team with developing and reviewing student’s Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), BIP, IEP, IMSP, 504, or RMSP by collecting, recording, and summarizing data on observable student behavior by employing the safety rating scale. 

3. Communicate with site-based student safety teams and district student safety staff regarding individual student needs, progress, or concerns. Collaborate with school teams and attend behavior support meetings as necessary. Provide coaching and training to other paraprofessionals as needed. 

4. Assist administrators in conducting searches of personal belongings and safety teams with monitoring writings, drawings, electronic devices, and daily check in/out of school. 

5. Attend work and arrive in a timely manner. 

6. Participate in appropriate professional development, building meetings, and student meetings. 

7. Perform other duties as assigned by district student safety coordinators, including conducting social media assessments upon request.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or equivalent – Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Education, Special Education, or related field preferred 
• Two years’ experience in a school setting, working with students with behavior challenges (including students with Autism, SED, and other developmental disabilities) 
• Registered Behavioral Technician (RBT) certification, including annual renewal and registration, or desire to work toward receiving RBT certification 
• CPR and CPI certification