2026-2027 Social Worker BAC Special Services

Job Title: 2026-2027 Social Worker - BAC Special Services

Department:Special Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Assistant Director III-Special Services

These vacancies are based on caseload and posting of vacancies and will be dependent upon confirmed enrollment.

Pay Grade:E300

General Purpose

This position is responsible for providing support to the instructional process by facilitating administrative processes; ensuring operation in compliance with county state and/or federal requirements; providing information regarding services available to eligible students and families; and conveying information regarding school and/or district activities procedures and referring families to other agencies.

Essential Functions

• Provide services to families that are experiencing unstable and/or unsafe housing.
• Provide ongoing case management services and meets with families to set goals and work toward stability.
• Assist families in accessing community resources needed identification documents such as
  IDs and birth certificates and necessities such as food hygiene and clothing.
• Administer developmental testing programs subject specific assessments etc. assessing
  student competency levels and/or developing individual learning plans.
• Advise parents and/or legal guardians of student progress communicating expectations;
  students achievements; developing methods for improvement and/or reinforcing
  classroom goals in the home environment.
• Assess student progress towards objectives expectations and/or goals (e.g. behavioral
  motor development and communication skills academic needs vocational abilities etc.)
  providing feedback to students parents and administration.
• Collaborate with instructional staff other school personnel parents and a variety of
  community resources improving the overall quality of student outcomes achieving
  established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan.
• Counsel students improving performance health status problem solving techniques and a
  variety of personal issues.
• Demonstrate methods required to perform classroom and/or subject specific assignments
  providing an effective program that addresses individual student requirements.
• Direct student teachers paraprofessionals volunteers and/or student workers providing
  an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students.
• Facilitate student learning (e.g. creating a learning environment integrating technology
  arranging field trips organizing age appropriate activities etc.) achieving success in
  academic interpersonal and daily living skills through defined lesson plans.
• Instruct students improving their success in academic interpersonal and daily living skills
  through a defined course of study.
• Maintain a variety of documents files and records providing up-to-date information and/or
  historical reference in accordance with established administrative guidelines and legal
  requirements.
• Manage student behavior providing a safe and optimal learning environment.
• Monitor students in a variety of educational environments providing a safe and positive
  learning environment.
• Participate in a variety of meetings and workshops conveying and/or gathering information
  required to perform functions.
• Prepare a variety of written materials documenting student progress and meeting
  mandated requirements.
• Report health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies
  maintaining students personal safety a positive learning environment and complying with
  regulatory requirements and established guidelines.
• Respond to emergency situations resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to
  appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Respond to inquiries from a variety of sources resolving issues providing information
  and/or direction.
• Perform other related duties as required/assigned.

Education and Experience

• Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university required
• Job related experience with increasing levels of responsibility required

Certificates Licenses and Other Special Requirements

• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance the results of which must be satisfactory to the District required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of basic math; read technical information compose a variety of documents and/or facilitate group discussions; and solve practical problems.
• Knowledge based competencies required to perform the functions of the job includes: appropriate codes policies regulations and/or laws; age appropriate activities; lessonplan requirements; stages of child development; and behavioral management strategies.
• Skill to perform multiple technical tasks with a need to routinely upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.
• Skill based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job including: applying assessment instruments; operating standard office equipmentincluding using pertinent software applications; and preparing and maintaining accuraterecords.
• Ability to analyze situations to define issues draw conclusions and create action plans.
• Ability to schedule a number of activities meetings and/or events; gather collate and/or classify data; and use job-related equipment.
• Ability to work with others under a wide variety of circumstances; working with data utilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment using defined methods.
• Ability to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with data ofwidely varied types and/or purposes; and utilize job-related equipment.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and externalstakeholders.
• Ability to apply critical thinking/problem solving to improve work processes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality; set priorities; meet deadlines and schedules; work withdetailed information; and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to set high expectations for self and others; set and monitor progress toward goals;and utilize and offer effective feedback for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work as part of a team; adapt to changing priorities; and apply logical processesand analytical skills.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Work environment is primarily inside where the noise and temperature levels are moderate.
• The work is light work that requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
• Must possess the physical ability to perceive the nature of sounds make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes express or exchange ideas by the spoken word substantial movements (motions) with the hands wrists and/or fingers and discern letters or numbers at a given distance.
• Additionally the following physical abilities are required: balancing climbing crawling crouching feeling grasping handling hearing kneeling manual dexterity mental acuity reaching repetitive motion speaking standing stooping talking visual acuity and walking.