Social Worker 200 Days - Charlottesville High SchoolSchool Year

Job Title: ClinicalSocial Worker

Location: Division Annex and/or Assigned School

Reports to:Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary:

The Social Worker is responsible for performing specialized support in an educational setting to enable students to achieve optimal learning using expertise in traumainformed care mental health and counseling. The Social Worker collects interprets and synthesizes information about students attendance community environment family dynamics economic differences and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral success to create intervention and support plans.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a member of the interdisciplinary assessment team assigned to each school and works as a team member in developing intervention plans and planning programs to meet student needs
• Gather background information on student social histories by conducting behavioral observations making home visits conducting interviews and reviewing school records
• Implement age appropriate interventions and materials to address student needs from plan including counseling
• Monitor provided student interventions and communicates progress to school team
• Create a student attendance program to reduce truancy prevent dropout and increase graduation outcomes by providing interventions and supports to students teachers and families
• Train education staff in truancy/attendancerelated prevention strategies trauma awareness and needs of students
• Serve as a resource to teachers and staff regarding social work services and the academic/social needs of students
• Conference and provide information and support to parents/guardians of students
• Conduct specialized individual and group counseling sessions to address specific emotional social and behavioral needs of students
• Serve as a liaison between the student home school private counseling facilities and community resources such as social services court services and family service agencies
• Provide followup support and periodic reevaluation services as necessary
• Make court appearances to present data and performs courtrequested evaluations
• Maintain accurate case records
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the school principal or supervisor

Skills Knowledge and Abilities:

Possess the ability to collect interpret and synthesize information about student histories community environment family dynamics economic differences and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral functioning; demonstrated ability to work cooperatively as an interdisciplinary team member and devise an appropriate service plan for referred students and their families; ability to synthesize and interpret diagnostics and assessment data is required as are excellent communication and time management skills; establish and maintain effective working relationships with community agencies students families team members and others; have access to transportation for home visits court visits or any other need for meeting the requirements of the position

Education and/or Experience:

Masters Degree in social work or a related field and meet the Virginia Department of Education licensure eligibility requirements for School Social Worker are required.

Physical Conditions and Nature of Work:

Duties are normally performed in an office and school environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. A social worker must exhibit manual dexterity to operate a phone; enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed materials with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels outdoors and on the phone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms and on the phone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend stoop climb stairs and reach overhead.

Evaluation:

Social workers are evaluated by the Special Education Supervisor

Contract Length:

10 months 200 days) unless an extended contract is offered.

Date Revised:

May 1 2020