Home Community Liaison(Day School Pittsburgh)

**Pressley Ridge Benefits** The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. At Pressley Ridge, we strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health. - Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match - Prescription coverage - Dental and vision plans - Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost - Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account - Wellness incentive (up to $250) - 403b with up to 9% employer give/match - Free life insurance and AD&D - Paid sick time (up to 15 days) - Paid holidays including a birthday holiday - Tuition reimbursement (if applicable) - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) **Position Summary** The Home Community Liaison (HCL) is responsible for identifying areas of need within a student’s ecology and arranging to remedy those needs to ensure the generalization and maintenance of positive program effects beyond the program environment. This position will also include working with students/ families to ensure effective development and instruction of community-based lessons outlined in the individual educational plans and behavioral plans of students. **Essential Responsibilities** 1. **Clinical and Support** 1. Work with families to assess areas of need. 2. Present progress on identified needs during interdisciplinary reviews. 3. Implement the services required in conjunction with the overall educational/behavioral program of the student. 4. Arrange for each student’s parents/guardians to visit the school, at least, two times per year. 5. Participate in interdisciplinary reviews at which students who are nearing readiness for discharge are identified. 6. Within the interdisciplinary team, design/implement interventions in the school or community setting. 7. Serve as a contributing member responsible for the educational/behavioral development of students. 8. With the special education teacher, deliver and instruct community-based lessons for students and families that directly relate to IEP goals and as well as family goals. 9. Gather appropriate instructional materials. 10. Develop and implement an array of appropriate experiences in the community. 11. Actively implement components of all Re-ED values in the school, home, and community settings. 12. With the team, identify and integrate experiential activities. 13. Demonstrates a proficient level of cultural sensitivity. 2. **Community Engagement** 1. Facilitate parent participation in community outings throughout the school year. 2. Plans and holds 1 out of 4 school-wide family activities (one per nine-week period) per program year. 3. Contact community organizations to increase opportunities for the students 4. Work with school districts and transportation providers to ensure that appropriate and safe transportation services are available. 5. Participate in all regularly scheduled in-service programs at the school. 6. Inform all other service providers involved with the students of the discharge plans and coordinate the various services they will be providing. 7. Actively encourage each student’s parents/guardians to attend at least one family event during the school year. 8. Meet with the student’s family in their home or community within the first month of school to review school rules and policies (handbook), and to discuss home and community issues that may bear directly on the student’s educational/behavioral program. 9. Maintain, weekly telephone contact and a minimum of one (1) face-to-face contact every month with each student’s parents/guardians. 10. Complete community-based activity summary and share with the special education teacher 11. On an ongoing basis, respond to requests for assistance received from the student, parents, or other agency personnel involved with the student. 3. **Communication** 1. Maintain ongoing communication with the ref…