What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker (2025/2026 School Year) position at Illinois School District U-46?
Position Type :
Related Services / Social Worker
Date Posted : 11 / 4 / 2024
Location : District Wide
Date Available : 08 / 06 / 2025
Closing Date :
Until Filled NOTE : This posting has been opened for application intake for anyone interested in a position with School District U-46 for the 2025 / 2026 school year. We anticipate the review of applications to begin sometime near the end of January. If you are interested in a role for the current 2024 / 2025 school year, we encourage you to check out our open vacancies.
Position / Title : Social Worker
Bargaining Unit : ETA
Department / Location : Specialized Student Services
Work Days : 184
Reports To : SSS / Building Principal
JD Revision Date : 06-14-2023
Supervises : N / A
Function / Position Summary
To provide individual and group social-emotional support to students and families.
Job Duties / Responsibilities
- Provide direct social / emotional support to students; prioritizing special education as mandated by IEPs.
- Assist and provide support to students struggling with social-emotional and behavioral concerns through the MTSS framework.
- Participate in Service Team meetings to represent the social-emotional aspect of the educational setting.
- Assist in the development of behavioral intervention strategies as well as formalized Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.
- Prepare Social Developmental Studies to address the social-emotional status of students. during the case study or re-evaluation process.
- Provide interventions for students in crisis.
- Data collection and recordkeeping to monitor social-emotional wellbeing of students.
- Address parent concerns and provide community resources as necessary.
- Advocate for students with school staff and administration.
- Mobilize school and community resources to support the student in the educational setting.
- Consult with school staff to address social-emotional concerns of students.
- Assist teachers with classroom interventions.
- Contact with community resources.
- Provide professional training and community education opportunities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education
Experience / Knowledge
Terms of Employment
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