What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Social Worker position at Bond Health?
School Social Worker needed in the Bronx!
Part time position, 9am-5pm!
Part time position, 9am-5pm!
Overview
The school social worker will provide expertise to deliver successful outcomes for the following objective:
Works collaboratively with parents/families by:
Provides a regular schedule of mental health consultation involving program staff and families which includes:
QUALIFICATIONS :
The school social worker will provide expertise to deliver successful outcomes for the following objective:
- Works collaboratively with all stakeholders in providing the highest quality of services to children, families and staff.
- Directs the development and implementation of the Mental Health plans in compliance with the New York City Department of Education regulations
- Reviews and evaluate existing program and update annual Mental Health plans, in conjunction with Advisory Committee, parents, community representatives, and staff.
- Develops and implements a plan and system for monitoring and evaluating Mental Health activities. Determine areas of weakness and make recommendations for corrective action.
- Assists in the coordination of other Mental Health components.
- Meets regularly with site director and other Specialists to coordinate efforts to implement the program.
- Prepares monthly reports of Mental Health activities and submits them to the site director and Advisory Committee.
Works collaboratively with parents/families by:
- Soliciting family information from the enrollment conference, meetings, home visits, classroom observations, parent meetings, team meetings, and telephone
- Performing and sharing classroom and behavioral/social/emotional observations with families, as necessary.
- Performing and sharing classroom and behavioral/social/emotional observations with families, as necessary.
- Discussing strengths and concerns about a student's mental health with family members. Including age-appropriate development and behavior as well as how to
- Supporting families in any needed mental health interventions including making referrals to local mental health agencies.
Provides a regular schedule of mental health consultation involving program staff and families which includes:
- The design and implementation of program practices which are responsive to the identified behavioral and mental health issues.
- Assists in providing special help for children with atypical behaviors utilizing the Creative Curriculum, ASQ, and community mental health resources.
- Conducts classroom observations for students with developmental and behavioral challenges.
- Develops behavior team meeting agendas and working collaboratively to create behavior intervention plans.
- Provides in-service education and trainings to staff on a variety of mental health topics
- Develops and maintains relationships with local community agencies which serve the preschool population in the Mt. Hope/Burnside and Fordham/Bedford Park area of the Bronx.
- Attends monthly Goal Setting meetings.
- Helps plan and facilitate the Health Advisory Committee with the Health & Nutrition Specialists.
- Works collaboratively with all staff in provision of services to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery to students and family.
- Enters data. Assessments, screening information into data collection system
- Provides adequate safeguards to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of information per program and regulatory agency policies.
- Maintains knowledge of current trends in assessment, service delivery and best practices by participating in staff development and professional conferences to remain current in
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Graduate of an Accredited College or University with a Master's of Social Work or equivalent Master's level degree in counseling, gerontology, psychology or related field.
- Bilingual Spanish required.
Salary: $33/hour.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Howard Newman
Account Manager, Bond Health Staffing
5824 12th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11219
Office: 1-718-302-0040 ext. 204
Fax: 1-718-302-0070
Howard@bondhealthstaffing.com
Salary : $33
