School Social Worker

Reports to: Executive Director or Assistant Directors

Contract Length & Wage Status: 10 months with an annual salary based on the MVSEA salary schedule

Qualifications/Previous Experience:

Masters Degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

Professional Educator License (PEL) with School Social Work endorsement

Social Work license issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is preferred but not required

Experience working with students families and interdisciplinary teams to assess and support student social emotional and behavioral growth

Experience working collaboratively with a wide variety of professionals and parents

Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills

Key Responsibilities:

Support students with social-emotional and behavioral deficits

Provide direct social work services to students with a moderate to severe range of disabilities including intellectual disabilities Autism and Multiple Disabilities to develop social-emotional self-regulatory adaptive personal safety recreational and leisure skills

Complete social-emotional evaluations to inform focused plans supportive of social emotional and behavioral success for all students.

Provide individual small group and classroom-based SEL lessons to students throughout the Cooperative

Collect analyze and monitor student data to lead the FBA/BIP process

Support students in de-escalation risk assessment and crisis response

Ability to use own transportation to travel to sites throughout the MVSE Cooperative

Professionalism:

Works cooperatively with administrators consultants community members district liaisons and team members

Provides feedback and effectively communicates with students and parents

Follows Board of Education district and building guidelines and procedures

Maintains a high level of integrity fairness ethical behavior and confidentiality of information regarding students personnel and all job-related matters

Punctual dependable & dedicated to providing a high-quality Social Work Program

Demonstrates flexibility and teamwork by completing other tasks as assigned

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computers and peripherals

Posture: Frequent sitting and standing bending/stooping transitioning from floor to standing pushing pulling and twisting

Vision: The abilities required for this position include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

Motion: Frequent movement throughout the work environment repetitive hand motions frequent keyboarding use of a mouse and occasional reaching

Lifting: Ability to lift up to 35 pounds

Environment:May work prolonged or irregular hours

Mental Demands: Ability to solve complex problems in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret instructions provided in written and oral form; ability to work with frequent interruptions and maintain emotional control under stress.

*The mental demands physical demands and work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an employee with a disability to perform the essential functions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.