School Social Worker,205

Responsibilities

• Promotes mental health and well-being of all students by providing individual and group psychoeducational counseling, implementing district crisis protocols, and linking students and families to community mental health services.
• Serves as the liaison between school, family, and community agencies, including advocacy on behalf of students.
• Serves as a parent advocate through a multi-tiered system of supports, including home visits.
• Consults with classroom teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders to provide insight and understanding regarding a student’s needs or behaviors.
• Develops comprehensive, diagnostic assessments of students’ social, emotional, and interpersonal relationships within the school, home, and community.
• Serves on intra/interdisciplinary teams at each school to assist students experiencing attendance, academic, social, emotional, and/or health problems.
• Identifies barriers to student attendance and engages parents in implementing interventions to maximize student achievement.
• Collaborates with internal and external resource providers to develop a comprehensive service and delivery system.
• Provides and participates in professional developmental opportunities.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in social work preferred.
• Field work placement in a school setting or related human service area (e.g., community mental health, social service agency, etc.) or school social work experience preferred.
• Florida Professional Educator Certificate or Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certification.

Benefits

The district provides benefits that may include health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. Specific details are subject to change and should be verified directly with the employer.

Pay

The pay range for this position is TBD based on experience and qualifications. For more information, please refer to the district's salary schedules.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is flexible and may vary depending on the needs of the district. Specific details are subject to change and should be verified directly with the employer.