School Social Worker

The Ulster BOCES Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning (CITL) Student-Based Programs at Anna Devine is seeking a licensed/certified School Social Worker for a full-time, 10-month position for the 2026-2027 school year. Appropriate NYS License, Certification and fingerprinting required


Ulster BOCES provides programs for students ages five through twenty-one who are identified as needing specialized programs and/or supports according to their Individualized Education Program (IEP). Special Education programs are offered at Ulster BOCES sites in Port Ewen, NY and in leased classrooms in component school districts. They have been developed and offered to meet the specific needs of our students in order to assist them in realizing their potential to achieve both academically and socially.


The following programs are available in Special Class configurations of 12:1:1, 8:1:1, 8:1:2, 6:1:2 and 4:1:2. All classes are staffed by a full-time Special Education teacher and either one or two teaching assistants (additional supplementary 1:1 aides may be requested for individual students as per Committee on Special Education recommendations). Multiple programs are available.


Ulster BOCES offers regionally competitive salary and benefits (see the Ulster BOCES Teachers' Organization contract at for details).


Salary commensurate with experience and training. Salary starting at $67,765 per year.


To be legally employed in this position, you must possess a valid NYS teaching certificate. The teaching certificate requirements can be found at the following link:


Select the following criteria:

Area of Interest: Administration and Pupil Personnel Services

Subject Area: Social Work

Grade Level: Pre K-12 - All Grades

Title: School Social Worker

Type of Certificate: Provisional or Permanent Certificate



GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
To help students resolve such personal, emotional and social problems as they interfere with their adjustment to school and their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered them.



SPECIFIC DUTIES :
1. Performs casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress.
2. Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parents' understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child's problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available.
3. 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.
4. Supervises the referral of students to, and serves as liaison with, such outside agencies as the Welfare Department, Child Placement Bureau, Juvenile Court, and the like, as appropriate.
5. Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful information on a student's background.
6. Serves as liaison between home and school when considerable follow-up is necessary, as in welfare cases, foster home children, and disadvantaged students.
7. Assists students directly toward adjustment to school.
8. Keeps sufficient records of cases for use by school staff members and outside agencies when appropriate.
9. Assumes other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.



WORK SCHEDULE:
10 Month Schedule, September through June
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.