School Social Worker - FY 26
School Social Worker - FY 26
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Job Description
TITLE:
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
POSITION TYPE:
Exempt
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Provides assessment counseling and consultative services that support positive academic and social outcomes
for students.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Holds a Masters Degree from an accredited school of social work. Holds a Virginia license with a school social worker endorsement.
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrates professional and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with all students parents school personnel and other members of the community.
- Possesses the ability to quickly learn and apply new technology.
- Demonstrates strong organizational and management skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to prepare and disseminate written reports within required timeless.
- Possesses the ability to travel to move from one work location in the course of the day.
- Possesses sufficient strength ability dexterity and mobility to carry out all performance responsibilities.
- Demonstrates ability to conduct transdisciplinary and interagency professional interactions. Possesses the ability to assess the needs of student and families and to provide intervention and referrals to address identified needs.
- Demonstrates a commitment to an integrated consultative service delivery model.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred
- Bilingual School Social Worker preferred
REPORTS TO:
Director of Student Services
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITES:
- Completes sociological assessments by conducting parent and/or student interviews file reviews if needed and any checklists as required.
- Consults with teachers and specialists on developing and implementing classroom interventions conducting functional behavioral assessments and behavior intervention plans.
- Refers students with suspected mental health concerns to community mental health assessment and service organizations. All school employees are mandated reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect.
- Organizes time resources and workload in order to meet job responsibilities.
- Provides prevention and intervention services to strengthen school and family relationships and to facilitate communication between the school and home environments.
- Serve as a contact person for Prince George Social Services Learnfare Program. Report monthly to the eligibility worker school age truants. Develop Truancy Prevention Plan with parent and eligibility worker.
- Provide followup for referrals to community resources.
- Participate in Child Find activities to located unidentified students with disabilities.
- Inform parents in need of resources available for their schoolage children.
- Serves as a contributing assessmentbased member in Special Education Eligibility Committee.
- Participate as a contributing member of the Manifestation Determination Review team.
- Engages in professional growth and development to maintain licensure and adherers to The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics.
- Provides training and workshops for students parents school personnel and community members.
- Conducts individual and group crisis intervention or shortterm counseling. Completes threat assessments as requested.
- Participates as part of the schools crisis management team and provides support to schools and families in the event of a crisis as requested.
- Participates as part of a schoolbased multidisciplinary teams to coordinate and implement school family and community supports for student demonstrating emotional and behavior difficulties in school.
- Consults with teachers parents students and outside agency personnel concerning student needs.
- Attends Family Assessment and Planning Team (FAPT) meetings as required and communicates meeting outcomes to the Director of Student Services.
- Complete required FAPT paperwork for identified students as required (initial annual discharge etc.. This FAPT paperwork includes but not limited to: CSA Consent to Exchange Form CSA Referral Form IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) and FAPT SPED Utilization Review.
- Complete required financial FAPT paperwork and duties for identified students as required (initial annual discharge etc.. This required financial paperwork and duties includes but is not limited to: Creating initial Budget Encumbrance form disseminating CSA purchase of service orders processing monthly invoices and facilitating securement of placement agreements to include rates/tiers of service.
- Assist homeless families with school age children in securing resources for successful school attendance.
- Serve as a case manager and/or member of the Prince George Family Assessment and Planning Team. Refer families to PG FAPT for assistance secure private day school placements for students in need and monitor educational and socialemotional progress. Address mitigating factors for students educational and socialemotional needs.
- Maintain annual CANS certification and complete CANS assessments for identified students as required (initial annual discharge etc.
- Refers families to appropriate community resources to assist them in caring for their children.
- Consult with teachers on developing and implementing classroom interventions.
- Maintain accurate complete records and reports as required by law division procedures and administrative regulation
- Participate and facilitate teambased Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans as needed.
- Provide relevant professional development to school staff as needed.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Salary based upon teachers scale with extended days
EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of
Personnel.
Employment Type
Full-Time
