Social Worker, School Social Worker

Provides mental/behavioral health services to students and their families. Serves as a member of the diagnostic team of educational planning and placement committees and provides psychological and sociological assessment information.

• Performs casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social or emotional maladjustment related to their educational and social progress, as assigned
• Coordinate or serve as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning and placement committees and provide psychological and sociological assessment information related to planning for children with adjustment problems
• 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
• Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parent’s understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child’s problems and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available
• Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful information on a student’s background
• Assists students directly toward adjustment to school
• Provides the following:

• Prepares social and developmental histories on children with disabilities
• Provides group and individual counseling to children and their families
• Works with problems in children’s living situation (home, school, and community) that affect their adjustment in school
• Mobilize school and community resources to optimize student’s potential to learn in their educational programs
• Design and implement behavior management plans, consult with mainstream and special education teachers, and provide case management for students and families requiring multiple services
• Participate in Manifestation Determination issues of students with disabilities
• Participates in the Medicaid in the school's program as a licensed provider
• Shall work 161 days at 8 hours daily
• Shall be entitled to all fringe benefits as accrued by all nine-month employees.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students assigned
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community
• Ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication
• Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and collaboration in all work-related activities

Supervises students

• Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business…