Educational Liaison

Job purpose

The Educational Liaison serves as a strategic connector between students, families, schools, and service providers, ensuring coordinated, student-centered educational support. This role advocates for equitable access to educational opportunities by facilitating clear communication, aligning resources, and promoting collaborative problem-solving across systems. Through proactive engagement and informed guidance, the Educational Liaison helps improve academic, social, and behavioral outcomes while empowering caregivers and strengthening partnerships that support each student’s success.

Duties and responsibilities

• Communication and collaboration with caregivers, service providers, and school staff.
• Schedule school meetings to obtain information on student’s academic, social, and behavioral performance.
• Collaborate with school staff to identify and plan for supports, interventions, and services that meet the students’ needs.
• Attend some Collaborative Family Meetings when education is a priority for discussion.
• Model positive partnering with schools.
• Review psychological evaluations, individual education plans, and 504s to collaborate with school staff and care-givers to ensure students’ needs are met in the educational setting.
• Collaborate and problem solve with other educational liaisons.
• Attend as scheduled Educational Liaison team meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Working conditions

This job operates in a hybrid work environment, with the majority of work performed remotely. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and fax machines. Time will be spent working with children and families virtually via Zoom and Teams platforms, and also in-person in their local community, including at schools. A portion of your time will be spent in the car. Travel statewide as needed.

Physical requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Driving a motor vehicle distances up to three hours in one direction.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee may be required to stand, walk, use hands, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to drive, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.

Direct reports

None

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Child Advocates, Inc. is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Child Advocates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.