School-Based Student Support & SEL Specialist

Asheville City Schools; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Asheville City Schools in Asheville, NC is seeking a full-time Student Support Specialist to triage and co-manage students with social-emotional health needs within the school setting. The role emphasizes de-escalation, check-ins, in-class support, and small-group activities focused on social-emotional learning.

Responsibilities include coordinating with counselors and staff, maintaining time logs and data in Google Forms, and developing behavior and safety plans.

Qualifications

• Preference is given to those with a college degree or who are working to complete their degree, and/or professional work experience in a psychiatric hospital, residential treatment center, community-based, and school-based mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with school counselor(s), school social worker, and admin team to compile a caseload of students.
• Responsible for creating and managing a daily schedule of students to meet with.
• Primary responsibility will be to respond to radio calls for behavior support promptly. Must be able to multitask and handle more than one request at a time.
• Keep daily use of time logs, recording various data points into Google Forms daily.
• Work with the school team to coordinate care, create behavior/safety plans, identify areas needing additional support.
• Teach student skills including self-regulation and mindfulness.
• Provide consultation to school personnel as needed.
• Maintain relationships with families, students, school contracted support personnel, and staff.
• Maintain and track data within the ReSet room and educate students, staff, and families about its use.

Skills

Multitasking

Data entry

De-escalation

Communication

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Google Forms

Job description

Asheville City Schools in Asheville, NC is seeking a full-time Student Support Specialist to triage and co-manage students with social-emotional health needs within the school setting. The role emphasizes de-escalation, check-ins, in-class support, and small-group activities focused on social-emotional learning.

Responsibilities include coordinating with counselors and staff, maintaining time logs and data in Google Forms, and developing behavior and safety plans.