Family School Liaison Counsellors:
- Develop and provide preventative programs for children/families and educators.
- Establish community networks and liaise with appropriate service agencies in the area.
- Conduct staff and parent workshops upon request, in areas of expertise.
- Collaborate.
- Provide a first line of crisis intervention in the resolution of student-related school/home conflict at the request of parents, teachers, school administration or members of the superintendency team.
Family School Liaison Counsellors provide a variety of service supports to meet student’s needs in the personal/social domain:
Developmental Counselling:
- Facilitate development in personal/social areas
Individual Student Planning:
- Receive referrals for children and families
- Consideration of family based needs
- Referral and information when requested or needed
Responsive Services: Activities meeting student needs and concerns.
- Consultation with parents, teachers, learning support teachers and/or community agencies
- Personal counselling
- Crisis counselling for emergent situations,
- Coordination and referral of family services when requested or needed
School/Community Support: Activities that maintain and enhance the Family School Liaison Program
- Needs assessment
- Case consultation
- Consultation with teachers
- Inter-agency collaboration
- Identification of existing community resources to meet the needs of children and families
- Involvement as a team member with medical doctors, Alberta Mental Health, Child and Family service agencies, and other appropriate agencies, to assist in improving the situation of the child/family
- Supporting safe school initiatives, as appropriate
Non- counselling Duties:
- Maintain individual student counselling files
- Schedule meetings with students/parents
- Schedule daily appointments
- Complete monthly statistics
- Professional development
- Connect with teachers
- Maintain web sites when applicable
- Other duties as assigned by the Associate Superintendent, Programs