School-Based Social Worker

Job Description

The Opportunity

The School Social Worker will work directly with students, teachers, and families to provide individual and group counseling, as well as link families to long-term solutions and external support organizations. The School Social Worker will report directly to the School Leader.

Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, the School Social Worker promotes student success, provides preventive services, conducts behavioral assessments and responds to student needs by implementing a comprehensive program that addresses academic, behavioral, career, and personal/social development for all students.

Job Description

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide therapeutic service to students with IEPs, 504s, and general education students as needed
• Participate in the special education evaluation process for students with social-emotional and behavioral needs
• Write annual social-emotional or behavioral goals on student IEPs
• Facilitate the process of developing a student FBA/BIP
• Case manage student behavioral health 504s
• Facilitate crisis management services for students
• Support school-based attendance interventions and initiatives
• Support school-based social-emotional programming interventions and initiatives
• Collaborate with community organizations
• Provide support to KIPP Columbus families as needed
• Perform any duties assigned by the school leader