School Site CoordinatorSocial Worker
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Job Location:
Indianapolis, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Oaks Academy is seeking professionals to implement the City Connects program within our school in partnership with Marian University. City Connects a school-based collaboration among schools community agencies and Boston College is reinvigorating a core function of schools by implementing an innovative model of systemic student support. City Connects assesses the strengths and needs of each student in the school and connects students with a tailored set of supports and resources from inside and outside the school.
Job Function
The responsibilities of the School Site Coordinators are to:
- Establish and lead a Student Support Team and process in the school that identifies and responds to the strengths and personal developmental needs of every student
- Connect students to a range of prevention early intervention and intensive services programs that address the physical emotional cognitive and social development of each student
- Develop and enhance community partnerships with varied community agencies to meet the identified needs of students and families
- Collaborate with school staff including classroom teachers to implement the City Connects model
- Promote the City Connects model of student support to the school community families and community agencies
- Engage families and caregivers in understanding and supporting the education of their children and how academic outcomes are enhanced by serving the social / emotional and personal development needs of the child
- Collect data on implementation of the model and the delivery of services
Applicants should include a cover letter resume and three (3) references.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for both internal (monthly) and external professional development
- Tuition discount (for your enrolled children)
- Before and aftercare clubs and sports discounts for your children
- PTO and Benefits (medical with HSA option dental vision)
- Paid Sabbatical after 7 years of full-time teaching
- Highly collaborative environment with partner teachers
- An environment where relationships come first
- Generous Classroom Expense Budget
- Supportive Administration
Learn more about The Oaks Academy at . Please note that applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Oaks Academy is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
- Masters degree in School Counseling or Social Work
- Licensed School Counselor or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW / LICSW)
- Experience working in a school environment
- Evidence of culturally competent practices
- Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse staff student body and families as well as a team of professionals at both The Oaks Academy and the university
- Devout Christian who is a member of associated with or seeking to be associated with a Christ-centered community of faith or a church
The ideal candidate will have:
Experience and/or knowledge of elementary education;
Communication skills via a second language especially Spanish;
Experience with an organization that uses data to guide practice.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
The Oaks Academy is a classical, private, Christ-centered school providing a rich learning atmosphere to children of diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
