Jt. Jerome School District #261

Job Description

Certified

 

TITLE:

• School Social Worker

 

SUMMARY:

• Educational planning and placement
• Provide bio-psychological and psychosocial assessments
• Provide Wraparound services to children and
• Serve as a member of the district counseling team
• Consult with problem-solving, evaluation and IEP

 

REPORTS TO:

• Administrator of building assigned

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Classroom, students, paraprofessionals as assigned by Administrator

 

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to perform duties in accordance with general educational ethical requirements of the Jerome School District and the State Department of Education
• A. or M.A. in Social Work and valid state Social Work license.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consult as a Home-School-Community Liaison to supervise and support referral of students to appropriate

agencies, home visits, truancy intervention, social emotional and behavioral assessment, direct services (social and emotional learning group/individual), professional case management consultation, and coordination of wraparound services with our at-risk student population.

• Collaborate with guardians, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Probation and Diversion, Children’s Mental Health,

Suicide Prevention Task Force, Drug and Alcohol Programs, Health and Welfare, and community-based services to perform and coordinate Wraparound services for students with serious mental health challenges and their families.

• Case management services with students to support personal, social, or emotional maladjustments

related to the educational and social progress

• Perform casework services with parents as part of the task of assisting students; increasing parent understanding and constructive participation; and increasing parent knowledge/use of appropriate community-based resources for their children and
• Consult and collaborate with school personnel in collecting and disseminating information; and establishing respective roles in student behavior
• Participate as team member for problem-solving team, evaluation and IEP team meetings and maintain

all required records.

• Serve as a consultant to, District Social Worker, School Psychologists, Special Education Case Managers and
• Serve as a consultant to MTSS problem-solving teams, evaluation teams and IEP
• Meet and support students at designated times and
• Establish and maintain standards of student
• Complete appropriate reporting requirements in a timely
• Evaluate and suggest revisions to the program, as
• Any other duties as directed by the Building

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently stands, walks and sits. The employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 , such as boxes of books and AV/VCR carts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as ability to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to successfully meet multiple demands and interactions with the public and other staff. The employee must be able to attend meetings in the evening and at other locations. The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate. Duties are performed indoors and occasionally outdoors. The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.

 

COMPENSATION:

• Yearly contract based on academic calendar as determined by the Board of Trustees and employee

placement  on  the  district’s  current  salary  schedule.    Placement is determined by the employee's experience and education level.

• Comprehensive benefit
• Certain specific assignments may require additional work days (extended contracts) as determined by district administration.

 

EVALUATION:

• Employee’s performance in this position will be evaluated by the Special Education Director and/or designee in conformance with district

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The physical demands and work environments described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

 

 

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

 

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