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The School District of La Crosse is accepting applications for a 1.0 FTE School Social Worker at Central High School beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. Projected start date: August 27, 2024.
Wisconsin School Social Worker certification 7050 is required or working towards it.

School Social Workers actively address barriers within the child, home, school, and community that interfere with student achievement. School social workers support on time graduation and improve the overall attendance rate of our student population by addressing barriers to school attendance including mental health issues, AODA issues, poverty barriers, McKinney Vento/homeless status and bullying through school social work initiatives.
Prefer applicants possessing the following qualifications:
A. Required experience and training:

• State of Wisconsin licensed school social worker (7050) is required or must be willing to attain within one year of hire.
• Successful professional experience mobilizing, coordinating, and/or delivering supports and services to youth and families with complex needs.

B. Preferred experience and training:

• Working knowledge of the public school system (compulsory school attendance, special education, pupil services, truancy, etc.).
• Working knowledge of local systems of support:
• Child Protection Services (CPS)
• Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)
• La Crosse Area Family Collaborative (LAFC)
• Juvenile Justice, Coulee Region System of Care, and other county services
• Knowledge of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
• Successful professional experience helping youth or families access local resources to address a broad range of needs including housing/shelter, food security, transportation, medical needs, mental health needs, childcare, parenting support, etc.
• Successful professional experience working collaboratively across systems on behalf of students and families to address dynamic needs within a school, neighborhood, or community.

C. Special requirements for the position:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to coordinate and manage multiple case plans and work responsibilities across two agencies (district and county).

D. Excellent planning skills including project implementation planning and execution.
E. Ability to keep accurate records and meeting minutes and prepare meeting agendas and various reports.
F. Ability to facilitate meetings and deliver presentations to stakeholders.
G. Highly self-directed with a work history of eliciting high levels of discretionary effort.
H. Professional, non-judgmental disposition with a work history of creating positive relationships and culture within an organization.
I. Valid driver’s license and access to an automobile.
J. Ability to work on a flexible schedule at times.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Create a favorable professional impact on students, parents, community, and other employees.
2. Work with and provide intervention to students individually or in small groups, to assist them with a wide range of barriers to learning such as family conflicts, peer conflicts, alcohol and other drug abuse, community conflicts, self-harm tendencies, anger management, issues related to school.
3. Provide timely and easily accessible services to students and their families experiencing poverty or experiencing urgent/crisis situations.
4. Responsible for coordination of attendance interventions within the building which may include home visits and management of attendance.
5. Assist students and their families to access appropriate community agencies and service providers to address personal/social and mental health needs.
6. Provide collaboration among student/family/school/community to facilitate meeting needs of students and their families.
7. Serve as a member of the building and student consultation teams.
8. In collaboration with families, staff, and community partners, support students with lagging social, emotional, or behavioral skills.
9. Participate on IEP teams as needed for students with special education needs.
10. Document direct services accordingly through case notes and through MA billing process when appropriate.
11. Participate actively in suggesting and implementing programs which may meet the needs of multiple students and impact positively upon the school climate.
12. Provide staff development and staff consultation designed to support the learning of students.
13. Actively support student learning by decreasing barriers to education.
14. Advocate, when necessary, on behalf of a child and/or the family.
15. Educate staff, provide referral assistance, and coordinate timely reports to Child Protective Services as needed.
16. Exploration of mental health services and gaps within the community.
17. Other duties as assigned.

Applicants are requested not to contact or send application materials to individual building principals. To be given full consideration, please closely follow the application instructions in WECAN and upload the required additional application materials to your WECAN account, including two letters of recommendation.
The School District of La Crosse is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of actual or perceived: age, sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, socio-economic status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability, citizenship, military service, membership in the National Guard, state defense force, or any other reserve component of the military forces of Wisconsin or the United States, political affiliation, or any other factor prohibited by state and federal law.
The School District of La Crosse values equity and diversity in our student population as well as staff members. Applications from diverse segments of the population are encouraged and welcomed.
We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or government, or against any individual(s) who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.
Candidates seeking accommodations during an interview are encouraged to indicate such at the time they are contacted to interview.

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