School Social Worker (.75)

Job Title

Provide a range of services for students who demonstrate difficulties with learning, academic achievement, social/emotional functioning, and behavior. Serve as a psycho-educational service provider involved in proactive, preventative activities, as well as responding to identified concerns. Provide services based on a combination of problem-solving, consultative, and direct service models.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop individual, group or system level interventions which improve identified problems or concerns, including academic, social / emotional / behavioral / mental health needs as they relate to educational progress.
• Uses research-based and technically sound practices to drive decision-making and interventions; and collaborates with school personnel and parents in order to develop and modify student intervention strategies.
• Facilitates functional assessment of behavior (FBA) and designs/implements and progress monitors intervention plans.
• Conducts, interprets and implements student assessment which includes record review, interview, observation, and standardized assessment.
• Administers and interprets norm-referenced and curriculum-based edumetric and psychological assessment measures.
• Participates in team-based follow-up activities to review student progress, analyze data, and modify individual interventions.
• Reviews school-wide assessment data to assist building staff(s) in interpreting and designing school-wide interventions.
• Serve as liaison among district building(s), families and community and collaborates with various teams to assure positive outcomes for all learners.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staffings to determine the eligibility, appropriate planning, and re-evaluation for students who require special education services/programs.
• Comply with Student Support Services and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Related Work Experience:

• Master's degree or higher.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.

Licenses, Registrations or Certifications:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain from, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must possess a Colorado educator license with a passing score on a CDE approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources.
• Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.