Student Engagement Specialist
Promise Zone Program
Onondaga County - Syracuse, New York and the surrounding area [On-Site]
FULL-TIME [Nonexempt] : [40 hours]
Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI) seeks talented Student Engagement Specialists to contribute their expertise in providing essential business services to our provider organizations and customers. The Student Engagement Specialists with the Promise Zone school-based initiative, collaborate with school teams to proactively identify and provide support to students who demonstrate a need for social, behavioral, and mental health support. Student Engagement Specialists connect with students by implementing trauma-informed and skill-focused interventions that provide growth opportunities in an inclusive school-based setting. Student Engagement Specialists have an opportunity to expand their professional influence and develop further in their careers while impacting lives and strengthening the community.
CCSI is partnering with Onondaga County Children and Family Services to hire Student Engagement Specialists for the school-based Promise Zone Program. These positions are employed by CCSI and work on behalf of Onondaga County Children and Family Services.
In this role, you will be
- Proactively identify students in need of social, behavioral, and mental health support and connect those students with opportunities for growth and development within a school’s multi-tiered system of support.
- Implementing intervention strategies as developed and shared with the school support teams.
- Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions and making adjustments as needed.
- Engaging students and families to foster positive home-school connections.
- Collaborating with school administrators, social workers, and other school team members to ensure service expectations are met.
- Serving as a resource to faculty regarding social and behavioral concerns of youth.
- Supporting the implementation of a culturally inclusive and supportive school climate that centers on the voices and needs of youth.
- Conducting other duties as assigned.
- A minimum of an Associate's degree in Human Services, Education, or related field with 2 years of professional experience working with school-age youth, OR equivalent education and work experience (see CCSI's equivalency chart).
Additional Requirements
- Satisfactory completion of all required background screenings.
- Full vaccination against COVID-19 virus. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified religious, medical, or medical/disability needs.
We Are CCSI!
CCSI employs more than 500 talented, dedicated professionals who provide program management services, consulting, and operational support needed by local departments of mental health and social services, state agencies, community-based organizations, and school districts across New York State and beyond! Our mission, simply put, we help people and communities.
CCSI’s vision is to be an exceptional place for individuals to grow and build a career, while expanding our capacity to invest in communities. We do this by prioritizing employee voice and equity to ensure we protect employees from harm; provide connection and community; enable work-life harmony; foster mattering at work; and creating opportunities for growth and development.
- Market competitive compensation.
- An award-winning Wellness@Work and employee benefits program.
- An organization that is committed to racial equity and anti-racist practices.
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- A voice in shaping CCSI’s ever-evolving diverse company culture.
CCSI does not accept inquiries from third-party recruiters or search agencies.
Coordinated Care Services, Inc (CCSI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.