Social Worker- Special Education

Job Description

Title: Social Worker

Reports to: Director of Special Education/Building Principal

Supervises: Assigned students/staff members

Evaluation: As per Negotiated Agreement

Job Summary:

Provide services designed to prevent and remediate student and family problems that negatively affect student educational progress and may stem from social/emotional/educational causes.

Qualifications:

Master’s degree with appropriate Kansas Licensure.

Performance Responsibilities:

1. Works with families of children who have reoccurring behavioral problems to provide resources to support students who are referred for serious behavior case management issues.
2. Provide mental health and educational services to individual and groups of students.
3. Assist families to help their children to understand their aptitudes, interests, attitudes, abilities, and opportunities for self-fulfillment.
4. Coordinate and develop resources in community agencies to support at-risk students.
5. Participates in and assists to coordinate, as assigned, various medical programs for students.
6. Provide parent education workshops for parents of children referred.
7. Work with families of children who experience difficulties adjusting to the school environment.
8. Follows up on suspected neglect and/or child abuse cases.
9. Assist parents to understand their children through individual conferences within the home.
10. Keep informed of local, state, and federal legislation relating to the welfare of school age children.
11. Attend informational meetings for social workers and disseminates information to appropriate staff members.
12. Seeks and takes opportunities to better himself/herself professionally via inservice and inter-agency meetings, conferences, seminars, classes, and other avenues for self-improvement.
13. Adheres to professional ethics.
14. Ensures that program reflects the philosophy of the district.
15. Receives and acts on information and referrals relating to the welfare of children.
16. Maintains close contact and acts as liaison with community and other agencies involved in the welfare of children.
17. Develops and facilitates topical parent groups to meet the needs of parents.
18. Maintains promptness and accuracy in making reports and keeping records.
19. Intervenes when appropriate, in crisis intervention within the school environment.
20. Participates in parent staff meetings about individual students.
21. Conduct character education classes that help students become better decision makers if needed.
22. Demonstrates effective human relations and communication skills.
23. Complies with good safety practices.
24. Complies with all district rules, regulations, and policies.
25. Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:

Physical and emotional ability and dexterity to perform required work and move about as needed in a fast-pace, high-intensive work environment.

Salary : $46,569