Temporary Caseworker

Licensed Social Worker/ LPC
Salary: Consistent with Act 93 Agreement
Reports to: Supervisor of Mental Health Programs
Hours: Contractual hours: 7:45 am – 3:15 pm (not to exceed 40 hours) 185 days
Building: As assigned by Supervisor
Job Category: Act 93
Primary Purpose
The Licensed Social Worker/LPC will provide direct and indirect social work services to students experiencing social, emotional and/or behavioral problems that interfere with their performance in school, and will facilitate communication among school, home and community providers.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist students with mental health and/or learning problems such as attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, or social problems, including victimization of domestic or sexual abuse.
• Intervene and offer immediate guidance to students who disrupt classroom activities or show violent behavior toward teachers and/or toward other students.
• Assist teachers and parents in developing and implementing behavior management plans to remediate problem behaviors across settings.
• Assist students to improve their academic, personal, and social functioning.
• Provide social skills, anger management, stress reduction or other similar instruction to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
• Provides short-term individual and group counseling to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
• Assist students with social and learning challenges, and help students develop and reinforce correct behavior through systematic positive behavior reinforcement.
• Establish prevention programs and crisis intervention plans to help these students.
• Assist in the creation and modification of individualized behavior support/intervention plans
• Maintain documentation for purposes of monitoring student progress.
• Maintain a schedule for direct work with students. Submit billable hours via ACCESS.
• Support parent training, as a part of a team, to facilitate the use of appropriate supportive strategies within the home and community settings.
• Maintain regular communication with parents, teachers, and administrators to share information about students.

• Possess strong leadership skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with all levels of employees on various collaborative manners
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to do so independently while maintaining a high degree of focus
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask in a demanding work environment
• Ability to utilize computers and necessary programs

• PA Licensed Social Worker Certification/ PA Licensed LCP Certification or a related degree/certification.
• Qualified to work within a K-12 setting
• 3-5 years working within an educational setting with a focus on social-emotional behavioral supports (preferred)

• Ability to reach above and below the waist
• Ability to use fingers to pick up, feel, or grasp objects
• Some stooping, bending, and twisting of the body required
• Ability to lift and carry supplies and papers weighing more than 50 lbs.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk and move throughout the building often for extended periods of the work day
• Must pass a physical

• Visual Acuity
• Auditory Acuity