School Social Worker

Job Description

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Summary: Provides comprehensive social work counseling and effective ways to prevent and resolve personal, emotional and social problems that significantly interfere with students’ adjustment to school. Possesses skills related to problem solving, planning, supervising, organizing and scheduling. Ability to handle highly sensitive personnel matters in a timely and professional manner. This position reports to the Director of Student Services or Designee.

• Performs casework intervention services for individual students and their parents/guardians referred by the student’s school to correct personal, emotional or social maladjustment that interferes with academic progress. Interventions may include home visits, conferences with school personnel, or referrals to local or state agencies such as the Department of Family and Children Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Public Health, Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, etc.
• Investigates attendance problems reported by schools or community, files and presents cases in court pertaining to school attendance, and assists schools to comply with the compulsory attendance law.
• Serves as a liaison for at‑risk families and participates in school level committee meetings, such as 504, Individual Education Programs, in‑school review meetings, student support team meetings, and Circle of Support, as requested.
• Coordinates and maintains a comprehensive referral system to provide direct service to students, parents, and teachers; gathers data necessary for assessment purposes.
• Maintains sufficient documentation of casework for use by school staff members or outside agencies when appropriate.
• Completes all other duties as assigned and required to perform the above services.

• Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited university (required).
• Minimum of three (3) years of combined professional school social work experience in a K‑12 educational setting or government/public service departments, with at least one (1) year as an intern at the graduate level in a K‑12 setting (required).
• Prior experience providing social work services and programs to students in a public school setting; ability to make decisions and recommendations that routinely affect activities of others.
• GaPSC S‑5 Certificate from the Georgia Professional Certification in Social Work and license from the State Board as a Social Worker preferred.
• Moderate level of judgment required; must evaluate and provide guidance to students/families and approve general recommendations. Supervisor available to review departmental recommendations.
• Regular, frequent contact with internal and external personnel of influence and decision‑making responsibility to discuss issues of moderate importance; continuous contact with community resources. Excellent interpersonal skills required to work with inter‑organizational teams.
• Excellent listening, written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Applies, recommends and implements technology concepts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the district.
• Daily duty of care to uphold the health, safety, security, welfare and best interests of district stakeholders.
• Normal office setting; may require travel to off‑site school locations.

$61,827 to $75,142 Paid based on salary scale.

NOTE:

This is a grade 28, 190 day position.