SECURITY SPECIALIST - SOUTH PLANTATION HOMESITE

 

 

POSITION TITLE: Security Specialist

JOB CODE: NN-130

CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt

PAY GRADE: N/A

BARGAINING UNIT: FOPE

REPORTS TO: Area Security Manager or Designee

CONTRACT YEAR: 199 Days

 

POSITION GOAL:

To enhance the safety, security and level of preparedness in the work and learning environments of students, employees and visitors. To protect students, employees and visitors from harm in emergency situations, and to prevent or reduce loss and damage of school property by theft and vandalism.

 

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Security Specialist shall carry out the performance responsibilities listed below:

• Work with school administrators, school staff, District personnel and public safety officials to help create and maintain a positive, caring, reasonably safe and effective learning environment.

• Advise the School Principal of significant disturbances, hazardous conditions, unsafe procedures and other serious security matters.

• Suggest ways to enhance school safety, security and emergency preparedness.

• Practice situational awareness to help detect students who are in distress as well as identify and address potentially dangerous conditions, situations and individuals.

• Patrol the school's perimeter, grounds and interior areas providing a high degree of visibility in order to help prevent trespassing, criminal activity, potentially dangerous behaviors, substance abuse, acts of self-harm and school violence.

• Communicate with students in age and developmentally appropriate ways.

• Work effectively with students, staff and visitors with special needs.

• Practice positive cultural awareness and demonstrate respect for diversity among students, employees, public safety partners and visitors.

• Help prevent and address bullying, harassment and intimidation of students, staff and visitors.

• Request identification and investigate the presence of individuals who appear to be out-of-place based on the time, location, setting, behaviors and circumstances when it appears safe and appropriate to do so.

• Work with school administrators, faculty and support staff to help create and maintain active and effective student supervision.

• Assist with maintaining proper student conduct, orderliness and security during breakfast and lunch periods when directed by school administrators.

• Help reduce potential physical conflicts among students using proactive and professional attention to student interaction and appropriate intervention strategies.

• Actively supervise bus and automobile parking and pedestrian and vehicle traffic patterns on school property. Help administrators develop and implement ways to improve parking and traffic flow while promoting enhanced safety for pedestrians and vehicle occupants.

• Maintain effective communications with school bus drivers regarding student behavior and safety concerns. Investigate discipline code violations occurring on school buses.

• Participate on the School Improvement Team for matters relating to the school's climate, culture, safety and security.

• Assist with student threat assessments if requested to do so by the School Principal or members of the Threat Management Team.

• Discuss age and developmentally appropriate safety, security and emergency preparedness information with students as requested.

• Maintain open communications with residents and business establishments in the vicinity of the schools' campus to enhance

 

the safety and security of the school and to foster their willingness to cooperate with school and public safety personnel in maintaining a safer school environment. • Follow District procedures and Florida laws regarding reporting of criminal incidents.

• Serve as an appropriate role model for students while maintaining appropriate boundaries during all interaction with students.

• Maintain appropriate boundaries when interacting with students, refraining from participation in peer-to-peer behavior with students or engaging in conduct that is prohibited by policy, statute or, by its nature, is likely to create alarm or suspicion of potential misconduct by an employee.

• Comply with District policies, procedures and Florida statutes relating to the protection of students from physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

• Comply with District policies and Florida statutes relating to mandatory reporting of boundaries invasion, and any other indications that physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse of students is taking place at or away from school.

• In cooperation with administrators, investigate incidents of negative non-criminal conduct occurring on school property.

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