Social Worker, Guidance Counselor: Social​/Educational

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Job Description

Provides comprehensive social work services to parents, students and school staff. Responds to referrals from school administrators, parents, teachers, and the Problem Solving Team. Assists families in accessing appropriate community resources.

Job Description

Provides comprehensive social work services to parents, students and school staff. Responds to referrals from school administrators, parents, teachers, and the Problem Solving Team. Assists families in accessing appropriate community resources.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as a student advocate and as a liaison between the home, school, and community
• Provide intervention services for students and families with interpersonal and environmental difficulties
• Assist in the referral process of students and/or parents to appropriate community agencies and follow-up as necessary
• Provide consultation and collaborative services to teachers, principals, counselors, and other school personnel
• Make home and community visits, as needed
• Help identify and provides services to homeless students
• Model and maintain high ethical standards
• Coordinate and develops specialized services for students, parents, and families
• Develop and implements plans to enhance students' school success
• Assist school personnel in understanding that family, culture, socioeconomic status, and physical and mental health can affect student performance
• Develop a rapport with designated students and acts as a mentor when appropriate through individual and small group contact
• Develop programs designed to help students to improve their attendance, cope with crisis situations, develop self-discipline, build self-esteem, enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills, take advantage of educational opportunities, and learn to resolve conflicts without violence
• Develop and conducts training programs for parents on how to actively participate in their child's education, use school and community resources more effectively, and identify and meet their child's emotional and social needs
• Participate in school and district level professional learning activities for continued professional growth
• Demonstrate initiative in the performance of assigned responsibilities
• Provide counseling to individual students at assigned schools having emotional, social, behavioral, or attendance problems
• Demonstrate appropriate organizational and time management skills
• Maintain confidentiality regarding school/workplace matters in accordance with state and federal law
• Respond to inquiries and requests in a timely and positive manner
• Maintain and submit required reports, records, and correspondences in a timely and accurate manner
• Adhere to school system rules, administrative procedures, local Board policies, and state, federal, and local laws
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or Social Work
• Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or School Psychology preferred
• At least three years of experience in counseling, social work, school psychology, assessments, and referral procedures

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function Other
• Industries Education Administration Programs

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