School Social Worker

School Social Worker

Summary/Objective

School social workers assist students with academic learning by providing strategic services that identify and address the social-emotional-environmental issues that interfere with the educational process. Working with parents/guardians, teachers, school principal/principal's designee, and community-based resources, the school social worker implements strategies that promote students' positive school adjustment.

Benefits

• We offer Medical, dental, vision, Life insurance and Health Savings Account.

• 401K Safe Harbor employer contribute.
• Paid time off and Holidays.
• Great employee discounts from YMCA Gym Membership and many more!

Essential Functions

• Provide social work service time for students receiving special education.
• Counsel individual students and student groups, regarding issues including mental health, poverty, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, and childcare.
• Interview students individually or with families, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
• Serve as a liaison between school and students, homes, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts, to help children who face problems such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
• Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
• Participate as members of the IEP, IAT, PBIS and other school-based teams to develop interventions for promoting students' academic success.
• Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental/physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' academic success.
• Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline.
• Demonstrate a relentless drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of school.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior to ensure that students observe the school's core values, high expectations, and code of conduct.
• Implement activities to help students meet academic and social expectations.
• Provide crisis intervention and behavior management to build students' ability to meet the school's high expectations.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental issues.
• Understanding of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, ethnicity, and cultures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to serve as a liaison.
• Multitasking skills
• Time management

Required Education and Experience

• Master's degree in School Social work and LMSW required.
• Must possess or be eligible to possess a valid State of Michigan Certification and Approval as a School Social Worker.
• Experience as a school social worker is preferred.
• Familiar with the basic concepts of positive youth development and experience working in diverse communities.