School Social Worker

REAL Journey Academies (RJA) is a non-profit charter school. Our vision is that RJA schools will transform our communities by raising expectations for achievement, offering a high level of opportunity, and educating the next generation of leaders.

Job Purpose:

Under the immediate supervision of the Director of Counseling, the School Social Worker is responsible for providing consultation, wellness services, ongoing case management, and a full range of social emotional prevention, intervention, counseling and agency linkage to resources within the RJA.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Director of Counseling, the School Social Worker performs the following duties:

• Consults and collaborates with school personnel to promote a school environment responsive to the needs of children: provides in-service training services on positive behavioral interventions, evidence-based interventions, and other best practices.
• Provides individual, groups and family counseling sessions/treatment and maintains documentation pertaining to treatment and counseling goals.
• Provides crisis intervention and family consultation services.
• Provides parents with guidance and education on addressing significant physical, emotional, and psychological developmental changes in students.
• Identifies and develops programs and activities to address situations adversely affecting the personal, socio-emotional and academic development of the students.
• Works as part of the team to support the school personnel in organizing evidence-based behavioral interventions.
• Maintains records for the purpose of documenting activities and complying with mandated requirements, including but not limited to case management records.
• Maintains confidentiality of information for the purpose of meeting privacy requirements.
• Prepares reports, documents, and other written materials for the purposes of documenting activities.
• May participate in home visits with other team members.
• Support the SARB/SART process when appropriate.
• Makes appropriate referrals to mental health, social services, and other community agencies as needed.
• Be available for evening and weekend activities.
• Performs duties as assigned by the Director of Counseling Services.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college/university in Social Work or related field of study.
• Preferred - Pupil Personnel Services credential in Social Work
• Experience working with at-risk children
• Experience in facilitating groups, presentations, monitoring programs, and report writing.

Physical demands:

• This type of work involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, and stooping from brief periods of time to lengthy periods of time.
• Persons performing services in this position classification will incur frequent interruptions and work in a high-pressure environment
• Sufficient strength to exert 25 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Compensation & Benefits:

• This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated individual to assume a fundamental role in an innovative school environment.

• REAL Journey Academies offers its employees a competitive salary, commensurate with experience. We pride ourselves in offering a competitive benefits package that includes:

  Benefits & Perks:

• Comprehensive HMO/PPO Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Virtual Medical Visits
• Health Savings Account
• 10 Paid Holiday Schedule
• Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance
• Employer-matched retirement plans (403b and CalSTRS)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Legal Insurance
• Additional voluntary health benefits

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