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Summary -- The School Prevention Specialist will serve schools K-12 in multiple school, providing support and interventions to at-risk youth and their family to prevent bullying, cyberbullying, school avoidance, physical fighting and school threats. To create a positive learning environment, this position requires a working alliance with LBS therapists, teachers, administrators and community members.

Essential Duties:

• Completes all required trainings
• Educate school staff on bullying, cyberbullying, school avoidance, school violence and school threats
• Provide students, family, teachers and administrators with relevant information and treatment referral process
• Track incidents of violence, bullying, cyberbullying physical fighting and school threats
• Monitor student attendance, track absences and identify students with school avoidance history
• Perform home visits to chronically absent and high-risk students to assess needs and family functioning
• Build relationships with schools and neighboring communities to engage high-risk youth
• Provide intervention in situations where violence is likely to occur
• Responsible for gaining student trust (Motivational Interviewing) to maintain active youth/family engagement
• Participate in collaborative efforts, meetings, and other events with partner organizations/communities to educate on prevention and treatment of school bullying, cyberbullying, physical fighting, threats, school avoidance, trauma, resiliency-building, and EBP approaches
• Formulate action plans to help resolve conflicts with high-risk individuals through mediation activities
• Provide support, role modeling and creative interventions including group for youth and family
• Provide preventive safety measures such as thorough threat assessments, resiliency-building and effective communication skill development
• Monitor and guide student behavior to align with the Student Code of Conduct
• Monitor morning student entrance and afternoon exit to school and cafeteria during lunch and events
• Conduct classroom walk-throughs to promote positive behavior
• Monitor gym when youth are engaged in structured or unstructured activities
• Identify and support youth and family with needed resources, physical and social health needs through barrier-free referrals to wraparound, home-based or other needed services.

Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Practice person centered planning principles
• Complete progress notes to reflect progress toward established goals and objectives

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a human service field from an accredited college or university
• Prefer 2 years mental health experience in working with youth and family

Licensure -- Valid Michigan driver's license and able to pass motor vehicle background clearance

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to establish professional relationships
• Demonstrates knowledge of community resources.
• Works as part of a treatment team to facilitate efficient operation of the program and consumer services.

Qualifications - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are re