School Social Worker

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Summary

School Social Workers strengthen the district’s mission by providing services that enhance home, school, and community partnerships. The School Social Worker will address barriers that interfere with student performance and achievement by bringing stakeholders together while creating an environment that is conducive to effective problem solving and learning. The School Social Worker will help students and families with learning, behavior, and/or attendance concerns.

The School Social Worker will work independently under the supervision of site principals and the Supervisor of School Social Work Services.

• Demonstrate regular and predictable attention to the work.
• Support the district’s vision, mission, goals, and Strategic Plan.
• Engage in civility, respect, and professionalism.
• Maintain the professional knowledge and skills necessary to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of their positions.

Responsibilities

• Promotes mental health and well-being of all students by providing individual and group psycho educational counseling, implementing district crisis protocols, and linking students and families to community mental health services.
• Serves as the liaison between school, family, and community agencies, including advocacy on behalf of students.
• Promotes parental engagement in the educational process through a multi-tiered system of supports, including home visits.
• Consults with classroom teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders to provide insight and understanding regarding a students’ needs or behaviors.
• Develops comprehensive, diagnostic assessment of students’ social, emotional, and interpersonal relationships within the school, home, and community.
• Serves on intra/interdisciplinary teams at each school to assist students experiencing attendance, academic, social, emotional, and/or health problems.
• Identifies barriers to student attendance and engages parents in implementing interventions to maximize student achievement.
• Coordinates services with internal and external resource providers to develop a comprehensive service and delivery system.
• Provides and participates in professional developmental opportunities.
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience:
  
  Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in social work preferred.
• Certificates/Licenses/Registrations:
  Florida Professional Educator Certificate or Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Reads and interprets general business and professional journals, technical procedures, or regulations.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Works with math concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Knowledge of relevant and current computer software programs.

Physical Demands

Physical

Activities:

Standing, walking, sitting, climbing, kneeling, keyboarding, talking, hearing, depth perception, near acuity, far acuity, stooping, and field of vision.

Lifting Demands:
Up to 10 pounds.

Reaching

Activities:

Both dominant and non-dominant hand; overhead.

Environmental Conditions:

Noise Intensity: 3, moderate.

Other Information

Achievement Focus:
Sets and achieves challenging goals.

Communications:
Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally and in written form.

Cooperation:
Establishes and maintains effective relations.

Problem Solving:
Identifies problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.

Relationship Building:
Builds rapport up, down, and across the organization.

NOTE:

School Board Policy ensures equal opportunity for all in its personnel policies and practices and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender preference, political beliefs, social/family background, disability or age.