Social Worker- Long Term Guest Position

School Social Worker (Long-term Guest Employee)

Community Unit School District 200 is seeking a school social worker who will assist students with academic learning by providing strategic services that identify and address the social-emotional-environmental issues that interfere with the educational process. The school social worker will work with parents/guardians, teachers, school officials and community based resources to implement strategies that promote students' positive school adjustment. Experience working with the social/emotional needs of children and knowledge of special education.

Certification requirement: current state of Illinois professional educator license (PEL) with a school social worker endorsement.

Job function: school social workers enhance the academic mission of the district. They assist students with academic learning by providing strategic services that identify and address the social-emotional-environmental issues that interfere with or create barriers to the educational process. Working with parents/guardians, teachers, school principal/principal's designee, and the community, the school social worker implements strategies that promote students' positive school adjustment and the learning of life skills.

The school social worker significantly contributes to the development of a healthy, safe and caring environment by advancing the emotional and social development of the students. School social workers are members of the Department of Special Services, yet they provide services to all members of the school setting. Each social worker is assigned to the school(s) based upon identified needs of the student population.