School Social Worker

TITLE:            SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER

QUALIFICATIONS

1. A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Mental Health field with licensure and Master’s degree preferred.  Eligibility for certification in school social work preferred as well, but not required.
2. Excellent communication skills (oral and written), leadership skills, understanding of the education process, mental health, and community resources.
3. Demonstrated ability to use computers for word processing, presentations, and data management.
4. Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings.
5. Experience in the mental health field, completing assessments, and providing evidence based interventions.
6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Talbot County Public Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO

Supervisor of Student Services

JOB GOAL              

Provide services to identified students and their families who have been referred by school staff to address individual student and family needs and link families with appropriate community/school resources.

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:      

1. Provide individualized services to families and adolescents who are identified and referred to the program to assess students' mental  health and improve quality of life through assessments, interventions, and referrals to resources.
2. Collaborate with school personnel in the provision of services to students and their families.
3. Plan and direct structured activities as assigned, including but not limited to individual sessions, groups, social skills groups, and classroom lessons.
4. Assess referred students and provide/create behavior charts,  interventions, transition plans, and other supports as identified.
5. Collect data and manage monthly reports for assigned students including a brief synopsis of services provided.
6. Provide referrals and connections for families to encourage participation of eligible students in community programs such as mental health services, psychiatric rehabilitation, LCT, CPT, wraparound, or other supportive resources and services. 
7. Attend student services meetings, MLIP, counselor meetings, 504 meetings, or other meetings as necessary.
8. Maintain contact with students, their families, and other agencies involved as necessary.
9. Respond to crisis situations as needed within the TCPS campus and assess level of risk or interventions needed.
10. Develop collaborative relationships with school staff, school administrators, parents/guardians, and students.
11. Identifying service gaps and implementing new and creative solutions.
12. Manages all data required for grant reporting, and prepares quarterly grant reports for submission to funding agency.
13. Completes other duties as assigned. 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT       

Exempt position. Ten-month work year.  Salary to be established by the Talbot County Public Schools.  Grant funded position subject to modification or elimination annually.

APPROVED:  June 14, 2000          REVISED:       May 15, 2020