Position Overview

Provides responsible management, data collection, clerical, and negotiation duties related to working with families, schools, and community agencies serving the needs of students who qualify as homeless or unaccompanied under the McKinney-Vento Act. The employee responds to questions regarding eligibility for services and assisting families in making the best, most feasible school decisions. The employee facilitates school enrollment and arranges for food service, and special needs of each child, appropriate to the child and family's circumstances. The employee provides other support as needed in the Office of Student Services.

Roles and Responsibilities
The following information is intended to describe the overall nature and scope of the work being performed in relation to the position. This is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities or tasks; other work may be assigned when deemed appropriate:

• Understands the intricacies of determining eligibility of students under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistant Act
• Assists school personnel in the identification of children and youth experiencing homelessness and/or unstable housing and in ascertaining that no barriers prevent the prompt enrollment of eligible students.
• Assures that the parents and guardians of homeless children are informed of their rights and of the opportunities available to them in Loudoun County Public Schools.
• Collects, organizes, and maintains data required by local, state, and federal reporting and grant requirements.
• Provides staff development information to school staff to help them better understand the needs of McKinney-Vento students and legal requirements under McKinney-Vento.
• Collaborates with local and state agencies to meet the needs of students in homeless and unstable living situations and provide coordination of services.

Qualifications
Below are the qualifications for this position:

• High School diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Two years of college experience required
• Possesses strong oral and written communications skills and effective interpersonal skills to work with parents as well as school and community agency personnel
• Communicates a genuine desire to assist students, parents and schools
• Demonstrates ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Bilingual skills required, Spanish preferred
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills

Physical Requirements

The following provides a brief description of physical requirements for this position:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects

Pay Scale: Universal 8
FLSA status: Non-Exempt
Months/Days/Hours: 12 months, 254 days, 8 hours per day
Reports to: Specialist, McKinney-Vento Liaison

Salary Range: $24.43 - $31.44 hourly