Senior Administrator-Social Work

Location: Crossroads II, Cary, NC
FLSA Status: Exempt
Employment Contract: Yes
Work Week Schedule: Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends)
Hybrid Telework workweek available

About the Role

Provides supervision, leadership, and support to the district’s school and preschool social workers in implementing a comprehensive program that addresses student attendance, homelessness, barriers to learning, student behavior, and mental health issues. Additionally, provides equitable delivery of social work services under the framework of the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). Seeks to recruit the most highly qualified school social workers for the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and retain them through excellence in supervision, support/consultation, mentoring, goal-setting, performance appraisal, and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees the comprehensive and equitable delivery of school social work services in consideration of system priorities and in a manner consistent with guidelines for professional practice and codes of ethics, adhering to relevant laws, policies, and lines of authority.
• Recruits highly qualified school social workers for WCPSS and retains them through excellence in supervision, support/consultation, mentoring, goal-setting, performance appraisal, and accountability.
• Leads efforts to provide training, information sharing, and overall program design/implementation/evaluation for all school social workers with an eye toward continuous improvement.
• Coordinates with school social work graduate training programs to provide practicum and internship opportunities to graduate students who might become future employees.
• Coordinates and/or participates in the district-level crisis team (including on-call crisis coverage and event response), school social leadership team, and school social work professional learning teams.
• Develops and implements systems and organizational structures to support schools, ensure accountability, and engage the community through data collection and analysis, collaboration with stakeholders, strategic planning, and maintenance of the WCPSS school social work webpage and contact information.
• Supports the work of the school social work leadership team through collaboration on the annual budget proposal and staffing plan(s).
• Collaborates with school personnel, other central services departments, parents, and community agencies to provide information and assistance pertaining to student attendance, student behavior, and mental health.
• Provides for the needs of the social workers in the district through the ordering and distribution of equipment and materials.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in social work.
• Demonstrated successful experience as a school social worker.
• Hold or be qualified to hold a North Carolina Professional Educator’s License for school social work.
• Must hold and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator’s license according to the State of North Carolina requirements.

Skills

• Extensive knowledge of school social work and comprehensive school social work programs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current local, state, national, and global trends in school social work.
• Considerable knowledge of program evaluation to support continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Apps.
• Skills in creating and managing effective presentations, including the use of relevant technology.
• Effective crisis response and strategic planning skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Strategic problem-solving and facilitation skills for effective meetings.
• Ability to implement best practice service delivery and provide leadership (e.g., interns, practicum students, externs).
• Ability to support a collaborative working environment (e.g., coaching, active listening).
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing using a variety of communication techniques.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, community groups, vendors, external agencies, and the public.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nationally Certified School Social Work Specialist (C-SSWS) credential.
• Experience incorporating comprehensive and integrated school social work services.
• Experience providing crisis and suicide prevention and intervention.
• Demonstrated skills in designing and delivering professional development.
• Active involvement in professional school social work associations (NASW and/or NCSSWA).

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment with a noise level of mostly low to moderate. Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, scanners, and copiers. The position requires occasional direct contact with school system staff, external funding agencies, and the community. Work is considered light physical work, requiring the exertion of up to ten pounds of force. The role requires driving automotive equipment.