Social Worker; Itinerant, School FAME

School Social Worker (Bilingual Preferred But Not Required)

Location:

New Haven Public Schools

Salary contingent on degree and years of experience. 26-27 School Year: $53,220 - $108,047.

Compensation/Benefits/Opportunities:
Local 933, New Haven Federation of Teachers. New Haven teachers are offered a variety of leadership development opportunities including curriculum facilitator, teacher facilitator, and the Yale‑New Haven Teachers Institute. Additional benefits include community support, special federal/state loan forgiveness, home buyer programs. Medical benefits information: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-benefits

Reports To:

Supervisor of Social Work

Position Summary:

New Haven Public School Social Workers address the psychological and social wellbeing of students, ranging from elementary school to high school students and beyond. They provide information, counseling, and support to students, parents, and school staff by working collaboratively to problem‑solve.

• Integrated intervention efforts that emphasize primary prevention
• Early screening and intervention: observations, collaboration with school staff, parental contact
• Approaches to intervention that target multiple risk factors in home, school, and community settings and involve parents, teachers, and administrators
• Counseling services to IEP and regular education students
• Crisis intervention
• Development of IEP: goals, objectives, present levels
• Participant at PPT meetings
• Collaboration with community agencies
• Support to parents/guardians
• Medicaid billing
• Support to Culture and Climate as member of such school wide systems: PBIS, SSST, SPMT, restorative practices facilitator
• Approaches that seek to improve individual and system factors contributing to academic success: collaboration and planning with teachers and other related school staff members
• Classroom lessons: second step, social skills, mindfulness, etc.
• Staff presentations: DCF training, SEL, IDEA related topics, etc.
• Develops and facilitates social skills groups: self‑esteem, anger management, executive functioning skills, etc.
• Works closely with building administrators: leadership team member, crisis team leader, etc.
• Conducting evaluation: initial, re‑evaluations, annuals, FBA’s and BIP’s
• Data‑informed decision making and intervention fidelity
• Have the knowledge and comply with local, state, and federal mandates related to informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, and access to records within the context of legal and ethical rights of minors and parents

Masters Degree in Social Work, Connecticut Certification in Social Work (071)

10‑month work year. Local 933, New Haven Federation of Teachers.

Evaluation:
The above description covers the principal duties and responsibilities of the job. The description shall not be construed as a complete listing of all duties or a contract. In all cases, these relationships, functions, and applications are subject to change by the Superintendent of Schools.