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School Social Worker

Position Type:
Social Worker, Long-Term Substitute

Location:

Lisle Junior High School Dates Available:
January 5, 2027

Qualifications:

The qualified candidate will have a valid Illinois Professional Educator License with and endorsement in School Social Work Flexibility and strong communication skills Leadership, initiative and teaming skills Specific skills related to proficient use of technology systems, computers and electronic communication devices and the ability to develop, implement, modify and assess student academic progress Salary: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..lisle
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JOB DESCRIPTION / RESPONSIBILITIES

REPORTS TO: Director of Student Services

JOB GOAL: To facilitate student success and growth in academic and interpersonal skills and to assist students in resolving those personal, emotional, and social problems which interfere with their adjustment to school as well as impede their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered to them. As an integral part of the Pupil Personnel Services Team, the social worker is responsible for the provision of both direct and indirect services primarily to student and also to families, teachers, and administrators via referrals, social developmental studies, staffings, consultation, counseling and follow-up procedures.

While the Social Worker's primary responsibility is to those students receiving Special Education services, the social worker is the link between the school, the home and the community for all students.

POSITION PURPOSE: Under the general supervision of the Director of Pupil Services, to provide students, parents, administrators, and other teaching staff with individually-tailored advice and consultation to overcome personal, emotional, familial, or social issues to maximize the students' learning experience.

EDUCATION

• Minimally, a Master's Degree in Social Work
• Completion of a (nine-month) supervised internship in School Social Work.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE

• Illinois State Board of Education Professional Educator's License (PEL)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Regularly required to stand.
• Regularly required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasionally required to run.
• Required to report to school buildings or locations where school activities/functions take place.
• Ability to lift and carry at least twenty pounds.
• Ability to travel with students from place to place within a classroom, a building and outside on school grounds, or at school activities/functions at various locations.
• Ability to move around the classroom or other locations.
• Ability to see, hear and comprehend directions provided in the English language.
• Ability to speak and write in the English language, to communicate to students and others in the school community.
• Ability to sit with students on the floor, in small chairs, or next to tables and desks.
• Ability to travel on student transportation.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 181 days

EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 (PERA), Senate Bill 7, and Article 24A of the Illinois School Code.

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

a. Performs casework services (as determined by a Multi-Disciplinary Conference) with individual students to correct that personal, social, or emotional maladjustment's related to their educational and social progress. b. Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of the student's behavior. c. Performs casework services with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students.

These are done in order to increase the parents' understanding, to help them participate constructively in resolving their child's problems, and to appropriately use available resources. d. Serves as a resource for the referral of students to, and as a liaison with, outside agencies such as the Department of Children and Family Services, Public Welfare, Juvenile Courts and the like, as considered appropriate.

e. Makes home visits and serves as a liaison between the home and the school when considerable follow-up is deemed necessary and/or for the purpose of gathering information helpful in evaluating students' needs. f. Assists students and teaching staff in implementing students'…