Social Worker; AY

Overview

Are you an experienced, dynamic, collaborative educator with a vision rooted in excellence, and a passion for creativity and a love of learning? Do you want to work with a multi-cultural and diverse team of talented teachers in a faith-based environment? If you are, we would like to invite you to explore teaching and academic leadership opportunities in our schools.

Bukhatir Education Advancement & Management (BEAM) is best known for its excellence in operating the US and UK Curriculum schools under the banner of the American School of Creative Science (ASCS) and International School of Creative Science (ISCS) in the UAE and Bahrain. Our campuses’ environment are carefully designed to promote traditional moral values and ethos in addition to building critical thinking skills and academic excellence amongst its pupils.

Our American curriculum school, American School of Creative Science (ASCS) is looking for creative, passionate and outstanding Social Workers who value professional development opportunities and a good work-life balance. We expect our Team to deliver high quality performance while successfully nurturing and inspiring our students. As part of our energetic and welcoming team, you will enthuse and motivate students to strive for success while maintaining a healthy learning environment for all children within the school.

Social worker provides counseling to students and parents; provides psycho-social assessment and diagnosis of behavioral disabilities with recommendations and/or environmental manipulations at the school, home and/or in the community with periodic re-evaluations.

Participates in case conferences involving cooperation with school personnel and parents; makes referral to Ministry of Education with appropriate follow-up; serves as a liaison between school and families.

Policies for safer recruitment are aligned with all accrediting bodies including local authorities’ decrees and mandates and The National bodies such as the Department for Education's "Keeping Children Safe in Education" recommendations, NEASC Safeguarding and Protection Standards of 2016. At Schools of Creative Science, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks including, receipt of satisfactory references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks.

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work.
• Two years of experience as a Social Worker in UAE.
• Degree equivalency.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate about social work and results in non-technical language.
• Recent knowledge and understanding of safeguarding
• The ability to use data effectively to monitor and enhance student progress.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.