Release Date:  July 1, 2025     Application Deadline:  July 15, 2025

Requisition: 11520

Current benefited staff of SMCPS who submit a timely application and meet the minimum qualifications for the position shall be granted an interview and shall be considered to fill the vacancy prior to external applicants being considered.  Questions regarding your application and/or candidacy should be directed to the Department of Human Resources.

POSITION:     Community School - Pupil Personnel Worker Grant-Funded

REPORTS TO:  Site Administrator

LOCATION:     Lexington Park Elementary School

SALARY:         The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on EASMC Specialist Career Ladder for ten-month employees

EFFECTIVE:     August 2025

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Qualified applicants, including current employees of St. Mary's County Public Schools, must complete a TalentEd online application.   In addition to the online application, any support documentation (copy of certification where applicable) must be scanned and uploaded to the TalentEd application.  The online application and any support documentation must clearly demonstrate that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications, including information about the applicant’s background, experience, and professional qualifications.  Failure to submit all required documentation will result in your application being considered incomplete.  Incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the selection committee for review.   All online applications must be completed no later than July 15, 2025. Following a screening of credentials, interviews will be scheduled. Please contact the Department of Human Resources with questions at 301-475-5511, ext. 1 or hrd@smcps.org.

NATURE OF WORK:

Identified by the Community School Needs Assessment, this professional position will serve as a liaison between the home, school, and community to best meet the needs of students and families. The Pupil Personnel Worker serves Community School students and acts as a consultant to school staff and parents/guardians on a variety of issues such as attendance, discipline, counseling, residency, homelessness, and crisis support for the school. The nature of this work requires a high level of confidentiality as well as the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively both orally and in written form.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to professionally relate to and collaborate with co-workers, students, and community members
• Ability to understand and maintain confidentiality
• Ability to use technology effectively to complete tasks
• Ability to report to work daily and on time
• Ability to organize, supervise, coordinate, and establish priorities of tasks to be completed
• Ability to work independently in the absence of detailed instructions and to follow complex oral and/or written instructions
• Ability to communicate orally or in writing, courteously and tactfully, with staff, students, parents, and the community in a timely manner
• Ability to work under pressure
• Possess excellent time management skills and the ability to take initiative and make decisions within assigned responsibilities in a challenging, fast-paced professional environment, and be flexible in work responsibilities and hours
• Possess knowledge of the programs, policies, and procedures of the St. Mary’s County Public Schools

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as the liaison between the school, home, community, service agencies, organizations, and juvenile/circuit court to best meet the needs of the student
• Helps to resolve conflicts between the school, home, and/or between other service providers
• Develops, coordinates, and conducts programs and workshops to meet the needs of school staff
• Assists students through individual and group processes to assume responsibility for their actions, to achieve self-understanding, and to resolve conflict
• Assists parents and school staff in providing for the student’s basic needs
• Works with the community school team and administration to initiate and coordinate intervention actions with students who have been identified as being excessively absent from school
• Serves as the primary representative of the school system regarding essential home visitation, visiting students’ homes, and consulting with parents or guardians
• Assists the school to initiate contact with the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) supporting the student's ability to be successful in school
• Assists other educators in the identification of students with adjustment problems and helps them in solving the problem
• Serves as the primary system contact between the school, home, community, service agencies, organizations, and juvenile/circuit court to best meet the needs of students
• Assists with the registration process to ensure accuracy and completeness of the records to meet compliance standards
• Collects and analyzes all available information regarding students, such as cumulative records, confidential reports, and reports findings in various student-centered committee meetings
• Provides intervention, consultation, and follow-up services in a variety of situations as needed
• Participates in staff meetings and workshops to keep apprised of new or changed policies and resources
• Participates in the coordination of services to students who are receiving alternative education programs and home/hospital teaching
• Facilitates and conducts programs to support the needs of students experiencing homelessness
• Assists in the implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in order to develop more effective learning climates
• Interprets school policies and procedures for the system, parents or guardians, students, and community
• Serves as a crisis intervention specialist when responding to a school emergency
• Prepares a verbal and written student performance history in all extended suspension conferences
• Provides professional development relative to legal requirements, policy, and behavioral interventions
• Monitors student records for accuracy and completeness
• Assists in the preparation of juvenile service reports
• Assists with the review and revision of student policies and the student handbook
• Coordinates student services programs as assigned
• Performs other related and non-related job duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Master’s degree required in pupil personnel or a related field such as:
  • School counseling or school guidance services
  • Social Work, Sociology, Psychology
  • Early Childhood Elementary or Secondary Education
  • Human Growth and Development
  • Special Education
  • Administration and Supervision
• Twenty-one (21) semester graduate credits or State approved CPDs in School law and at least 6 of the following areas:
  • Counseling Methods
  • Early Childhood or adolescent psychology
  • Multicultural Issues
  • Family Systems/Dynamics
  • Delivery of Pupil Personnel Services and Programs
  • Abnormal Psychology or Juvenile Delinquency
  • Educational Assessment Interpretation
• Three (3) years of effective teaching or approved related experience
• Three (3) semester hours of special education coursework

Preferred:

• Maryland State Department of Education Educator certification as a pupil personnel worker
• Spanish speaking

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:

Full-time ten-month position.  Hours may vary to meet the needs of the Community Schools After-School Program.

SALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on EASMC Specialist Career Ladder for ten-month employees

BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: EASMC

 Updated 04.2025, 06.2025