(Guidance, Relationship, Advocacy - Kingston, Canada - Kingston Community Health Centres

Kingston Community Health Centres

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Kingston, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Summary
The G.R.A.D. (Guidance, Relationship, Advocacy, Development) Connector will understand that relationships and advocacy are at the center of this position.

The GRAD Connector is responsible for providing advocacy and coaching, as needed, to individual students, their families, and other program stakeholders, to create the best support for the student's progress through high school.

The GRAD Connector monitors attendance, performs participation and learning assessments, and builds ongoing relationships with an assigned number of students.

The GRAD Connector will deliver and develop a curriculum based on life skill development, including transitional services to employment and life beyond high school.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

Detailed Responsibilities
Support and Advocacy

Establish and maintain positive and supportive relationships with students, parents/ guardians and secondary school staff, ensuring students fully participate in programming as expected for their age or grade level
Actively assess and analyze specific educational, social and emotional challenges and gaps as faced by high school students
Assess, needed supports, case by case, and develop and implement approaches to deliver those supports
Refer and monitor students' access to Programming, maintaining regular contact
Collect, review and monitor correspondence and documents pertaining to the student's progress including, but not limited to, attendance data, school credits, suspension reports, and learning assessments
Support and advocate as necessary for students and their parents/guardians in decisions affecting the educational and social development of students made by the individual secondary schools and/or from the school board
Refer individual students and their parents/guardians to other agencies or providers who might best be able to provide supports or services to meet their needs, documenting and monitoring all such activities and their effectiveness, ensuring the systematic followup with participants and providers
Work onsite at schools and in the community in an outreach role
Work during hours that meet the needs of their caseload

Program Administration

Ensure students receive earned current financial supports and other program supports as available, and are accountable for these supports
Plan, facilitate and lead off site recreation activities
Facilitate nightly programming based on life skill development both with other Pathways' staff and community partner organizations
Support and monitor the volunteer's role and student participation, focusing on engagement and retention of both parties
Provide written and oral reports to the supervisor on all aspects of the work; in particular, regular reporting and documentation on attendance, grades, and all issues, challenges, accomplishments, including incidents and referrals and other followup effecting social, emotional or academic student success
Aid in annual tasks such as student and parent registration, collection of student surveys for research purposes and older students' selfreflections identifying needs for career mentoring supports
Gather information required to support periodic and ongoing program evaluation and improvement (for example, collecting student surveys, arranging parent participation in focus groups, and ensuring accurate and complete data is available on attendance, grades, credits, etc.)
Participate as a team with other Pathways staff
Prepare recommendations for program improvements through reports or research
Use Quality Improvement methods to measure efficacy of developed curricula and programming
Assist, as needed, other staff and the larger Pathways team

Organizational Responsibilities

Complies with all relevant legislation and KCHC policies, including privacy laws
Commits to acquiring an understanding of the importance of trauma responsiveness and the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Commits to demonstrating an ongoing commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigenization and Accessibility (EDIIA) by representing the diverse nature of our communities, promoting and practising inclusion
Supports KCHC's student and volunteer placement programs
Promotes awareness of and participation in KCHC activities
Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and quality improvement
On occasion, perform other temporary duties as required

Basic Education and Experience Requirements

College diploma or university degree in relevant field. Educational assets can include Bachelor of Education, Social Service Worker, Behavioural Psychology, Child and Youth Care
Additional training/experience with students with exceptionalities, or new language learners an asset
At least 2 years' relevant experience (i.e. tutor, educator, counselor) with high school aged youth
Experience working with diverse groups of people

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