Social Worker

Job Overview
The Social Worker will serve as a support for students and families by providing services that identify and address the social-environmental issues that interfere with the educational process. Work with parents/guardians, teachers, school principal/principal's designee, and community based resources in implementing strategies that promote students' positive school adjustment.

Position Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Direct Service

• Perform casework services in a timely manner with individual students and/or their families to evaluate and resolve personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress
• Collaborate with campus staff and other school district personnel in determining and implementing strategies, both individual and small group, which promote student learning including drop-out prevention initiatives, truancy prevention supports behavior interventions, and other campus requested supports
• Make home visits upon request and/or as appropriate, based on collaboration with campus/district staff and in accordance with department guidelines
• Provide staff consultation on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues affecting student participation in the learning process
• Intervene in problem situations to facilitate strategies to address discipline, attendance issues and resolutions to conflict in order to prevent escalation of negative behaviors and subsequent consequences
• Provide crisis intervention services at the campus and district level
• Manage a caseload of McKinney Vento and PRS students
• Provide Tier II Services, i.e. solution focused counseling, process groups etc.

Indirect Service

• Serve on campus, district and community committees including IEP, IST, and Attendance Committees to address educational issues, adjustment problems, safety issues, and program development for students
• Attend or conduct meetings for professional development as required
• Assist campuses in identifying and verifying the status of McKinney-Vento students, foster-care families and unaccompanied youth to confirm eligibility for services and to provide McKinney-Vento rights; advise families of available services as needed
• Train and mentor new Social Workers or student interns
• Provide staff and or parent trainings for campuses on identified topics, if requested

Reports

• Maintain an accurate and detailed monthly calendar reflecting plans and activities
• Maintain a daily log of students seen
• Complete accurate and timely casenotes in the team electronic documentation system

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None