Social Worker - Sullivan C-2 School District
Position: | Social Worker |
Subject Area: | (none) |
Job Title: | School Based School Worker/School-Home Coordinator |
Job Location: | Sullivan School District |
Beginning: | Aug 01, 2021 |
Deadline: | Open until filled ** |
District: | Sullivan C-2 School District |
Sullivan, MO 63080 | |
Telephone: |
573-468-5171 |
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Job Description:
Please apply @ www.sullivaneagles.org
SUMMARY: School Based Social Worker assists students by providing strategic services that identify and address the social, emotional, and environmental issues that interfere with the educational process. Working with parents/guardians, teachers, administration, and community based resources, the school based social worker implements strategies that promote students’ positive school adjustment. The School Based Social Worker is a member of the district personnel that make up support services.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned.
Major Function: Identify Student, Family and School Needs
Effectively and appropriately assesses and addresses the needs, characteristics, and interactions of students, families, LEA personnel, and community.
Please apply @ www.sullivaneagles.org
SUMMARY: School Based Social Worker assists students by providing strategic services that identify and address the social, emotional, and environmental issues that interfere with the educational process. Working with parents/guardians, teachers, administration, and community based resources, the school based social worker implements strategies that promote students’ positive school adjustment. The School Based Social Worker is a member of the district personnel that make up support services.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other duties may be assigned.
Major Function: Identify Student, Family and School Needs
Effectively and appropriately assesses and addresses the needs, characteristics, and interactions of students, families, LEA personnel, and community.
- Uses student, family and school assessment results to identify needs that affect student progress.
- Develop appropriate strategies for students, families, schools, and communities.
- Develops long-term and short-term intervention plans consistent with curriculum; students’ needs, strengths, diversity and life experiences; and social and emotional factors.
- Uses a variety of appropriate formal and informal tools and techniques including observations and interviews to evaluate the progress and performance of students and families.
- Addresses the needs of school, student, families, and community by collaboration with the Student Assistance Teams (SAT) to design a holistic approach to any barriers or problems with the educational process.
- Consults with parents regarding ways they can help their child become effective in school.
- Consults with staff and teachers on school and student needs and consults with administrators with issues relative to IDEA, 504, Safe Schools, etc; assist administrators with issues relative to the Children’s Division and Washington, Franklin, and Crawford County Courts.
- Serves as liaison between school, families, and community agencies.
- Effectively utilizes community resources to serve family and student needs.
- Serves as school liaison to the Children’s Division and Family Courts.
- Identifies and develops strategies to improve the factors that contribute to a student’s excessive absences; assists schools in developing and following procedures related to attendance concerns.
- Provides input to assure that student’s educational, social, emotional, and material needs are met in accordance with established laws, rules, and regulations.
- Advocates and facilitates change that effectively responds to the needs of students, families, and school systems using appropriate statutes, state law, district policies and procedures.
- Promotes services to students and their families within the context of multicultural understanding and competence that enhances families;’ support of students learning experiences.
- Assists the school in planning programs that prevent, reduce or alleviate situations which interfere with the learning process of students; facilitates support for preventive education (drug awareness, child abuse, sexual harassment, attendance, etc.); participates in school research.
- Maintains accurate, complete, and punctual records and safeguards the confidential nature of student information as required by law, district policy, and administrative directions.
** District reserves the right to close any Job Posting when a suitable applicant has been found before the deadline date.