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Job Description
SOCIAL WORKER
*POSITION RECEIVES AN ANNUAL $1800 RELATED SERVICES STIPEND*
*TUITION REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO $2000 PER YEARAVAILABLE
TO OBTAIN SPECIAL EDUCATION LICENSURE*
USD 497
Details
FTE:
1.0
HOURS/DAY:
8.0
DAYS PER YEAR:
188 (new teachers)/186 (returning teachers)
FISCAL YEAR:
202526
LOCATION
District Wide
Qualifications:
- Masters level Social Worker LMSW or Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW)
- Current and valid license with the KS. Behavioral Science Regulatory Board
Reports to:
Principal/Department Supervisor
Job Goal:
School social work services are developmental corrective and supportive and are provided to assist a student in benefiting from educational services:
- Support families and students to ensure that students come to school ready to learn.
- Strengthen partnership between home and school.
- Mobilize school and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in his or her educational program.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team problemsolving to address student needs and strategies that will increase students success in school.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide services to a diverse population of students and families primarily students involved with Student Improvement Teams.
- Act as liaison between students and their families with the school community district or surrounding community to address problems in a childs living situation (home school community) that affects the childs adjustment in school.
- Collaborate with parents student and staff in development and maintenance of positive behavior interventions.
- Serve as liaison and facilitator of community agency services family and schools and supervising the referral of students to appropriate community agencies.
- Participate in assessment of student needs with observations developmental or social history interviews home visits and consultation.
- Participate in response to crisis situations for individual students staff families buildings or district.
- Maintain Weekly Activity Logs to document activities and contacts as required by the district and state.
- Work with parents students and staff in a professional and collaborative manner.
- Serve as a child and family advocate.
Essential skills and Abilities:
- Ability to possess and maintain licensure as a social worker in the state of Kansas.
- Ability to speak clearly to various groups expressing ideas in a logical and forthright manner.
- Possess composition skills suitable for producing written communication for a variety of readers.
- Ability to quickly analyze a situation and provide prompt advice.
- Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous timely and helpful manner.
- Ability to perform job responsibilities using appropriate software on district computer system and communication equipment.
- Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
- Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
- Ability to travel as needed.
The tasks listed in the position description are subject to change at the discretion of the superintendent/designee. The incumbent is expected to take on other duties as requested or assigned by his/her supervisor.
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel
Salary:
Certified Salary Schedule fringe benefits
Employment Type
Full-Time
