Opioid School Case Manager

The School Case Manager serves as a key member of the district's Comprehensive Student Wellness and Intervention Program, with a specialized focus on early identification and intervention for opioid and other substance use concerns. The School Case Manager provides direct services to students and families, collaborates with school staff and community partners, and works to build a safe and supportive learning environment that fosters student well-being and academic success. Key responsibilities will be to deliver non-clinical direct support for students impacted by opioid use, vaping, or other substance-related challenges (e.g. skill-building, mentoring, problem-solving, and accountability check-ins, individual and group counseling). Candidate will conduct screenings and assessments (e.g., SASSI, mental health screening tools) to identify students at risk for opioid misuse and refer to SWIS or outside providers when clinical intervention is needed, develop and implement student support plans addressing risk factors such as trauma, stress, poverty, family substance misuse, and co-occurring mental health need. Individual will provide case management and connect students and families with community-based resources such as Pharos Parenting, treatment centers, and health departments and implement & facilitate prevention and education programs with emphasis on reducing risk behaviors and increasing protective factors. Individual will serve as a liaison between school staff, families, and community agencies to ensure a wrap-around support system for high-risk students, deliver parent education workshops on substance use prevention, healthy coping skills, and available school and community supports, coordinate return-to-school planning for students following treatment, hospitalization, or disciplinary action, ensuring smooth transitions and ongoing monitoring, participate in crisis prevention and response, including assisting in immediate action planning for overdoses or high-risk behaviors. Candidate will monitor and analyze attendance data, identifying patterns linked to substance use or mental health and initiate early intervention strategies, lead the suspension reduction program for substance-related infractions, providing supportive interventions in place of punitive measures, participate on the school/district multidisciplinary team, contributing social work and systems expertise during threat assessments, crisis planning, and student support meetings, and represent the district in community coalitions (e.g., Drug and Alcohol Coalition of Iredell County), helping strengthen prevention and recovery networks. Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience or a Master's degree in a related field in Human Services. Demonstrated experience in prevention, student support services, family outreach, or substance use education. WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday / 8:00am - 5:00pm Working hours outside the normal working schedule and/or on weekends is needed occasionally also. DEADLINE DATE: Post internal for one week. This position is subject to pre-employment screenings. Iredell County does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, genetic information, or handicapping condition in employment or the provision of services. #J-18808-Ljbffr Iredell-County,-Nc