Job Description

    Social Worker JobID: 618
  • Position Type:
    32 Student Services Support/Social Worker

  • Date Posted:
    7/15/2024

  • Location:
    Griffith Elementary

  • Date Available:
    07/31/2024

  • Closing Date:
    08/02/2024

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    JOB DESCRIPTION

    Job Title: School Social Worker
    Employment: FLSA Exempt; Teacher Calendar
    Salary: Teacher Salary Schedule
    Reports to: Principal and/or Director of Student Services

    Supervises: No Supervisory Responsibilities


    Qualifications:
    • Graduate of an accredited college or university.
    • Licensed Master Social Worker.
    • Fluent in Spanish (oral, reading and writing), preferred.
    • Three (3) years experience working in a school setting or social services, preferred

    Required Skills:
    • Able to provide a developmental, preventative and/or crisis management approach to school social work so that identified students who manifest overt behavioral problems are given an opportunity for development of positive feelings and attitudes toward self and others.
    • Able to facilitate with other appropriate school personnel a comprehensive Substance Abuse Prevention Program.

    Essential Functions:
    • Convey to parents and staff, information concerning specific student needs in physical, intellectual, social/emotional and educational areas.
    • Provide or assist in providing the students, parents and staff with programs and skills in decision-making, problem-solving and realistic goal-setting, utilizing such channels as study groups, newsletters and parent-teacher programs.
    • Initiate and implement individual and group counseling to identified students.
    • Provide classroom counseling when appropriate.
    • Facilitate Substance Abuse Prevention Programs.
    • Maintain records of counseling and consulting contacts; provide quarterly reports.
    • Assist the staff and parents with the interpretation of evaluative data and other pupil records data.
    • Cooperate with outside agencies and other student support services personnel with the district, when applicable.
    • Make home visits as needed in consultation with principal.
    • Perform other related duties as assigned.

    Physical Demands:
    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

    The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and isn’t an exhaustive list of duties performed for this position. Balsz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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