Job Description
Provides comprehensive social work services to parents, students, and school staff. Responds to referrals from school administrators, parents, teachers, and the Problem Solving Team. Assists families in accessing appropriate community resources.
Duties And Responsibilities
1. Serve as a student advocate and as a liaison between the home, school, and community
2. Provide intervention services for students and families with interpersonal and environmental difficulties
3. Assist in the referral process of students and/or parents to appropriate community agencies and follow-up as necessary
4. Provide consultation and collaborative services to teachers, principals, counselors, and other school personnel
5. Make home and community visits, as needed
6. Help identify and provide services to homeless students
7. Model and maintain high ethical standards
8. Coordinate and develop specialized services for students, parents, and families
9. Develop and implement plans to enhance students' school success
10. Assist school personnel in understanding that family, culture, socioeconomic status, and physical and mental health can affect student performance
11. Develop a rapport with designated students and act as a mentor when appropriate through individual and small group contact
12. Develop programs designed to help students to improve their attendance, cope with crisis situations, develop self-discipline, build self-esteem, enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills, take advantage of educational opportunities, and learn to resolve conflicts without violence
13. Develop and conduct training programs for parents on how to actively participate in their child's education, use school and community resources more effectively, and identify and meet their child's emotional and social needs
14. Participate in school and district level professional learning activities for continued professional growth
15. Demonstrate initiative in the performance of assigned responsibilities
16. Provide counseling to individual students at assigned schools having emotional, social, behavioral, or attendance problems
17. Demonstrate appropriate organizational and time management skills
18. Maintain confidentiality regarding school/workplace matters in accordance with state and federal law
19. Respond to inquiries and requests in a timely and positive manner
20. Maintain and submit required reports, records, and correspondences in a timely and accurate manner
21. Adhere to school system rules, administrative procedures, local Board policies, and state, federal, and local laws
22. Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
1. Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or Social Work
2. Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or School Psychology preferred
3. At least three years of experience in counseling, social work, school psychology, assessments, and referral procedures
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