Preventive Program Coordinator

About the Employer

Job Title: Prevention Coordinator
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Primary Responsibility: Provide quality services to enhance students' emotional, social, and physical well-being, and train staff to recognize signs of problems and plan appropriate interventions.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Interact with students, faculty, and parents to raise awareness of substance abuse issues utilizing prevention and counseling techniques to achieve this goal.
- Provide quality services to enhance students' social, emotional, and physical well-being and train staff to recognize signs of problems and plan appropriate interventions for students.
- Use appropriate methods to intervene in situations affecting student educational progress.
- Provide appropriate services to students.
- Lead staff professional development to recognize student behavior that is cause for referral.
- Assessment and referral of students.
- Work with teachers and students to determine the cause of academic difficulties and identify steps to address those identified needs.
- Participate in EST, 504, and IEP meetings as necessary and appropriate.
- Provide PD to staff that addresses healthy choices and drug/alcohol prevention and awareness.
- Maintain effective working relationships with school staff, students, and administrators.
- Participate in PD activities to improve knowledge and skills.
- Act in a professional and ethical manner.

Compliance:
- Comply with district policies, procedures, and programs.
- Attend appropriate trainings.
- Complete the Vermont Department of Health required paperwork.
- Facilitate student groups.