School Social Worker

School Social Worker

The following position is available for the  school year.

Reports to:

Building Principal FTE Position Building 1.0

District

Required Qualifications:

• Master's in Social Work
• Clinical License
• 500+ clock hours of a supervised social work practicum
• At least 1 year of experience as a school social worker with direction from a fully approved social worker
• Experience working with school age students
• Professional tact, diplomacy and presentation with administrators, staff, teachers, students, parents and community members
• Competency in oral and written communications
• Has undergone a physical examination, by a licensed physician, that documents capability to perform required duties
• Has an electronic fingerprint clearance from a criminal history record check

Responsibilities:

• Performs casework service with individual students to correct personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress.
• Coordinates or serves as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning and placement committees and provides biological, psychological, and sociological assessment information related to the planning for students with identified concerns.
• Collaboration with counseling department colleagues, regarding grade level programming and planning.
• Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of student behavior.
• Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of helping students by increasing their understanding of how to constructively participate in resolving a student problem(s), and with sharing of own knowledge of appropriate available resources.
• Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful background information related to the student.
• Assists students with their adjustment to school.
• Performs other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.
• Provide individual or small group counseling sessions for At-Risk identified youth as needed.
• Provide key positive behavioral instruction in classrooms to support building-wide PBIS processes.
• Attend MTSS meetings when invited for specific students.
• Encourage educational success through interaction and mentoring of identified at-risk students.
• Maintain records of daily schedule for audit purposes.

Compensation:
According to the MPEA Master Agreement