Social Worker, School Social Worker

School Social Worker

General

Job Description:

Provide educationally related social work services for students with disabilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete routine reports and tasks promptly and efficiently
• Participates in student planning and program development
• Implements individual student programs
• Demonstrates a willingness to examine and implement change as appropriate
• Works productively with colleagues, parents, and students
• Demonstrates accurate knowledge of field
• Demonstrates appropriate assessment techniques and procedures
• Demonstrates a professional demeanor as defined by the code of ethics of the education professional

Additional

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct an individualized social-emotional-adaptive assessment of the student, the student's family and the educational and social communities.
• Employ appropriate methods of practice that enables students and their families to function adequately within their educational and community settings.
• Utilize on-going appropriate methods to evaluated his/her services
• Prepare social or developmental histories for students with disabilities
• Provide group and individual counseling with students and their families who are receiving special education as identified as a need through assessment
• Work with those problems in student living situations (home, community and school) that affect their adjustment in school
• Mobilize school and community resources to enable students to receive benefit from their special education services
• Attend Multidisciplinary Team meetings as needed to discuss student need, evaluation data and to plan for goals and objectives, if appropriate
• Maintain necessary and appropriate licensure

Qualifications:

• Must have current MSW license, effective verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with parents, students and school personnel.

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting, standing, lifting and carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, kneeling, prolonged typing, physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal, and moving light furniture may be required.

Equipment/Technology Handled:

• Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate all multimedia equipment including current technology.

Work Environment:

• Must be able to work within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality. Interruptions of work are routine. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignment without direct supervision.

Terms of Employment:

• Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district.