Slug Support Case Manager, Resource Center Specialist
University of California Santa Cruz
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Posted: 15-Apr-22
Location: Nationwide
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 3008772
Slug Support Case Manager, Resource Center Specialist
Location: Santa Cruz Job ID: 34091
JOB POSTING
NOTIFICATIONS
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INITIAL REVIEW DATE (IRD)
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The IRD for this job is: 05-05-2022
ABOUT UC SANTA CRUZ
UC Santa Cruz is a public university like no other in California, combining the experience of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university. It's known as an unconventional place where innovation and experimentation is part of the campus's DNA. That playful, bold spirit still thrives today, all on a campus renowned as among the most beautiful in the world.
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Division of Student Affairs and Success provides campus-wide coordination and leadership for student affairs programs and activities across departments, divisions, colleges, and administrative units. The Student Affairs and Success Division includes Career Success, EOP, STARS, Disability Resource Center, Learning Support Services, the Resource Centers, Dean of Students, Slug Support and Basic Needs, Student Development & Engagement, Student Conduct, and Student Health, which all provide direct services and resources to students.
The Dean of Students Office at UC Santa Cruz promotes personal development and successful navigation of campus life thereby strengthening the student experience. This is accomplished by facilitating partnerships, developing student centered policies, creating meaningful opportunities, and providing direct support to cultivate a vibrant, healthy, and inclusive UCSC community. The Dean of Students Office envisions a university where every student has limitless opportunities and support to reach their highest goals for themselves and society.
JOB SUMMARY
Under the general direction of the Assistant Dean of Students for Student Support Programs, the Slug Support Case Manager, Resource Center Specialist serves as the nexus of information and integration for the campus's response to students experiencing varying degrees of need and/or distress. The incumbent is readily accessible to students, staff, faculty, parents and family members who are concerned about a distressed student. The Slug Support Case Manager, Resource Center Specialist works closely with key offices to identify and intervene as early as possible with students who may be experiencing basic need insecurities, distress, or other challenges where they would benefit from advocacy and support services.
This role will serve as a liaison between Slug Support and the UCSC Resource Centers, which are comprised of the following six centers: The African American Resource and Cultural Center, the American Indian Resource Center, the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center, the Chicanx Latinx Resource Center, the Lionel Cantu Queer Center, and the Womxn's Center. The Resource Centers offer counter-spaces for students who are queer, trans, nonbinary, womxn, and people of color, as well as impact institutional policies and campus climate. The Resource Centers engage the broader campus on issues and challenges facing our communities, and provide programs, physical spaces, and services to foster student's academic, personal, and professional growth, through community-based leadership development.
Duties include providing information and training for the Resource Center staff and community including consulting about students who may need support as well as providing general information about Slug Support during Orientation and other key events; working directly with students referred by the Resource Centers to help resolve complex situations and advocate on their behalf, fielding calls, emails and referrals regarding coordinating responses and services for individual students, undertaking research on national best practices, and participating on various
UC Santa Cruz is a public university like no other in California, combining the intimacy of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university.