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Job Description
The Oxford Hills School District is seeking excellent candidates for the position ofSocial Worker for Paris Elementary School in South Paris ME. This Position is to start with the 2025/ 2026 School Year.
Paris Elementary School is located in South Paris and serves approximately 400 students in grades PreK6. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with their colleagues to encourage inspire and support the learning process for all students.
Candidates must hold a valid Maine LCSW LMSWcc LCPC or LCPCc license.
- Must be able to build positive relationships with students and staff and work well as part of a team.
- Experience with children and adolescents with mental health and behavioral needs is preferred.
- A deep understanding of child development and social emotional learning is required.
Reports to: Building Administrator and Director of Special Education
Work Schedule: 180 Day Contract
Start: 2025/2026 School Year
ApplicationApplication Deadline: When Suitable Candidate is Found
As a District we are committed to our four Strategic Pillars: Healthy and Resilient Students Maximizing Our Facilities to Support Learning Recruiting and Growing Talent and Rigorous Relevant and Responsive Learning. We are invested in the wellbeing of our students and our staff and you will find our classrooms both indoors and outdoors as evolving spaces intentionally designed to optimize learning. Our District maintains close partnerships with multiple community partners and recently started an Employee Life Navigator program intended to add an additional layer of support for all staff.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- The clinician will provide direct services to the general education population and students requiring such services per their IEP. The clinician will provide consultation to classroom and special education teachers to address the students identified social emotional and behavioral needs.
- This position requires the clinician to be an active member of a special education team engage in home/school communication and maintain accurate data and records that are relevant to planning implementation and evaluation of school social work services.
- The clinician will demonstrate the core values of service social justice importance of human relationships dignity and worth of the student integrity and competence. The clinician will adhere to the professional ethics and values in their code of ethics as a guide to ethical decision making.
- The clinician will have knowledge of and comply with all local state and federal mandates related to informed consent privacy and confidentiality.
- The clinician has skills and knowledge for effective clinical intervention and understands and utilizes evidencedinformed practices.
OUR MISSION
The Oxford Hills School District in partnership with families and communities engages and supports all students in diverse and challenging learning opportunities to prepare them to graduate as healthy responsible and productive citizens ready to succeed in our global societies.
CORE BELIEFS
Therefore the Oxford Hills School District in collaboration with its parents and communities will:
- Meet students where they are motivating and helping them develop their individual learning paths.
- Hold students to high expectations and provide adequate time and support to achieve them.
- Prepare students for success by helping them develop critical thinking and problemsolving skills.
- Foster high aspirations and the skills of selfdetermination selfcontrol and selfadvocacy.
- Guide students to be curious learners and ethical leaders able to adapt to changing times.
- Provide learning experiences in a safe caring and welcoming environment.
OXFORD HILLS REGION
The Oxford Hills School District (MSAD 17) comprises the towns ofNorwaySouth ParisWest ParisOxfordWaterfordHarrisonHebronandOtisfield.MSAD 17 shares vocational resources and accepts students in its Oxford Hills Technical School programs from the RSU10 School District towns of Buckfield Hartford and Sumner. Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education is located within the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.
The Oxford Hills offer a variety of outdoor resources for anyone wishing to enjoy the region whatever the season. The area boasts more than ten lakes and ponds for outdoor recreation a land trust with hundreds of acres for skiing snowshoeing and is in close proximity to several downhill skiing areas! Community support for Oxford Hills athletics and extracurricular activities is very strong and represents the robust regional commitment to the students and schools within the district
Expectations of Oxford Hills School District Staff:
As contributing members of the districts learning community all district staff members are expected to:
- Model a strong work ethic perseverance and grit as well as responsibility and respect;
- Utilize best practices for motivating todays students in a safe supportive learning environment;
- Demonstrate knowledge in the development of realworld learning experiences and community partnerships to provide students with opportunities for extensions of learning applied learning community service and citizenship;
- Demonstrate a willingness and ability to collaborate engage and communicate with colleagues parents and the public.
Further instructional staff will emphasize and employ practices that lead to improvement in student achievement by:
- Instilling problemsolving and critical thinking as a new basics for learning across all grade levels;
- Delivering strong literacy instruction across content areas;
- Helping student develop skills to apply interpret analyze and evaluate the vast everexpanding amount of information;
- Employing effective lesson design by adjusting to students personal learning needs and preferences including appropriate technology applications.
How To Apply
Applicants must complete the entire online application as well as provide cover letterrsum copy of certification transcipts and three current letters of reference to be considered for a be sure to provide complete reference information in the application for each reference including name address phone and email address.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Oxford Hills School District is an EEO/AA employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin sexual orientation age disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Primary Location Paris Elementary School
Salary Range Per Year
Shift Type FullTime
Employment Type
Full-Time
