SY Social Worker

Social Worker

The School Social Worker is responsible for coordinating and providing appropriate mental health supports to students with significant social, emotional and behavioral challenges and their families; as well as assisting them with academic learning by providing strategic services that identify issues that interfere with the educational process as identified in an Individualized Educational Plan or a 504 Behavior Plan. As a team member, the Social Worker collaborates interdisciplinary to ensure students' needs are being addressed within the school setting.

Reports to:

Assistant Principal of Culture and Counseling

Status: 12-month full time

Duties and Responsibilities

Proactive work with students, staff, and families

Assists teachers in understanding their students, including providing and interpreting student data and supports other school staff in implementing school wide advisory programs.

Identifies, creates, and assesses services to address at-risk students' needs

Providing consultation to school staff and parents to facilitate student educational, social, and emotional growth.

Serve as the main point of contact on student's mental health, and social-emotional issues to teachers, administrators, families

Obtaining information concerning the effects of the environment, including family, cultural, and economic disadvantages that may be adversely affecting student progress

Works with the Restorative Intervention Specialist to provide resources for students experiencing housing insecurity and home relocation, and students being removed from the home

Program Development/ Program Planning

Designs, implements and evaluates processes and procedures for services to include student referrals, placement and continuous assessments

Providing resources and building connections with community providers to provide referrals to the students and families

Advocacy

Works closely with teachers to offer guidance, facilitate communication, and advocate on how to best support students, family engagement and community-based referrals as needed to support the whole family.

Provides consultation, support and resolution on school-based issues through collaboration with parents/guardians, advocates or legal counsel and make appropriate referrals as warranted

Direct Service

Conducts frequent and ongoing individual, group and workshop sessions with students to address social/emotional needs and improve behaviors and interactions that impact school climate, school attendance and learning environments;

Providing psycho-education

Completes assessments for students to determine additional needs for the students

Maintains accurate documentation and records

Special Education

Providing related services as prescribed by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), including social skills, life skills, and transitional skills that can be transferred from school to community.

Participate as a member of the IEP and academic 504 team, Instructional Support and Student Intervention Teams, and other school-based teams to develop interventions for promoting students' academic success.

Working collaboratively within the classroom setting to implement student IEPs.

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

A License in Professional Counseling (LPC) Preferred

Minimum of two years of experience working as a counselor in a school with students in grades 9 - 12

Exchange and communicate information clearly and accurately with parent, students and other health professionals

Ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

Maintain high degree of discretion and confidentiality, as necessary and appropriate

Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

How to Apply

Please submit your application to our online jobs portal. All applicants will have to pass a background check. No phone calls please.

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