School Social Worker-Northwest High School

ABOUT CARMEN

Carmen Schools of Science & Technology is a network of high-performing charter schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving students in grades 6–12. We believe all students can succeed in college, build meaningful careers, contribute to their communities, and lead fulfilling family lives. We focus on academic excellence, community engagement, and student leadership, with equity at the core of our mission.

Campus:
Northwest High School

Salary Range: $59,000 - $80,220

The School Social Worker significantly contributes to the development of each student’s social-emotional well-being and ability to achieve success in graduating from high school ready for college and a family-sustaining career. Accountable to the Principal, the School Social Worker promotes the overall Carmen mission by providing instruction, evaluations, interventions, services and resources that strengthen home, school, and community partnerships and address barriers to student learning and achievement.

The School Social Worker uses evidence-based strategies and uses both preventive and intervention approaches in the delivery of services.

• Ability to communicate effectively to achieve assigned duties
• Master’s degree or equivalency in related field of study, Masters of Social Work
• Licensed in the state of Wisconsin as a School Social Worker (DPI license #50) or with emergency permit until license requirements are completed through an approved school social worker preparation program
• Candidates who qualify for a 1-Year License w/ Stipulations will be able to provide DPI a copy of current DSPS clinical social worker or advanced practice social worker license as well as transcripts confirming a masters degree.
• At least three years of experience working with low income at risk youth in a school or similar setting
• Knowledgeable about mental health, AODA, behavioral, academic, and family assessments, interventions and resources
• Skilled in the assessment, treatment planning, counseling and interventions of typical psycho/social disorders
• Ability to build trusting relationships with students and families
• Passion for quality education and student achievement
• Spanish proficiency preferred

• Develops and implements policies, procedures, interventions and resources that maximize positive behaviors of all enrolled students and enhances school culture, safety, and achievement.
• Maintains records on all students that have individual learning plans or have special needs or require accommodations.
• Assess students’ needs and applies appropriate interventions and/or referrals to outside services. Assessments by school social worker generally include one or more of the following areas: adaptive functioning, behavior, social-emotional functioning and individual development. Formal and informal assessment tools are used to conduct evaluations and screenings.
• Provides case management services to students and/or families. This may involve collecting and maintaining a variety of student and family resources and referring students and families to community services as appropriate.
• Provides short-term individual student counseling, initiates formal assessments to determine needs, and differentiates short-term from long-term needs and refers to outside support as necessary.
• Manages 504 case plans.
• Monitors student attendance and create responses for chronic absenteeism.
• Meets with students and families on a regular basis to assess, intervene and refer to community or in-school services as needed.
• Serves on student IEP committees and attends IEP meetings as required/requested.
• Delivers School Social Worker services as required by student IEPs.
• Uses knowledge and understanding of the reciprocal influences of home, school, and community to intervene for student success via such practices as assessment, crisis intervention and response, home visits, conflict resolution, classroom presentations, individual and group counseling, consultation, program development, dropout prevention, graduation awareness, and coordination of school and community services.
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