SOCIAL WORKER

Job Responsibilities

• Provide individual and/or group counseling to students identified through the CST process as needing behavior intervention.
• Provided support to students with housing needs/community resources.
• Participate in professional development activities/school wide initiatives
• Conduct home visits as a method to access the family and serve as a liaison between home and school.
• Serves as a liaison with community agencies and other resources coordinated to meet student needs as indicated by the CST process.

• Refers parents and student to agencies to address parries to academic success of students when appropriate.
• Develops and implements safety plans for students identified to require behavioral support.
• Develops and implements crisis management plans for students identified to be at risk of severe behavioral/mental health crisis.

• Perform any other related tasks outlined by administration.
• Working collaboratively with the crisis management team to support crisis situations with students.
Working collaboratively with attendance team and parents to track, monitor and create plans for truant students.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and skills for direct and indirect intervention including counseling on an individual, group, or family basis.
• Consulting with administrators, teachers, parents, and other professionals about student problems and appropriate change strategies; and networking with school programs and community agencies to provide essential services for families and children.
• Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes for effective casework practice.
• Understanding of the school social work profession including associated laws (IDEA, ADA, compulsory attendance, etc.), ethical issues, professional issues and standards; foundations of school psychology; and the role and function of the school social worker; understanding of child development, psychopathology, social and environmental conditioning, cultural diversity and family systems.
• Social work Degree from an accredited school of social work; and completed a supervised practicum or field experience of a minimum of 400 clock hours.