Social Worker

Provides mental/behavioral health services to students and their families. Serves as a member of the diagnostic team of educational planning and placement committees and provides psychological and sociological assessment information.

Responsibilities

• Performs casework service with individual students to correct personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress, as assigned
• Coordinates or serves as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning and placement committees; provides psychological and sociological assessment information for children with adjustment problems
• Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning respective roles in modifying the student’s behavior
• Performs casework service with parents to increase their understanding, constructive participation in resolving their child’s problems, and knowledge and use of appropriate resources
• Makes home visits to gather helpful information on a student’s background
• Assists students directly toward adjustment to school
• Provides the following services:
  • Individual and group counseling for students with special needs
  • Support groups for students and parents
  • Crisis prevention and intervention
  • Home visits
  • Social-development assessments
  • Functional behavioral assessments
  • Behavioral intervention plans
  • Parent education and training
  • Professional case management
  • Information and referral
  • Collaboration with community agencies and organizations
  • Advocacy for students, parents, and the school system
  • Administration and supervision of pupil services program
  • Mentoring, school-to-work, and peer counseling
  • Staff development
  • Policy development such as discipline and attendance policies
• Prepares social and developmental histories on children with disabilities
• Provides group and individual counseling to children and their families
• Works with problems in children’s living situations (home, school, and community) that affect their adjustment in school
• Mobilizes school and community resources to optimize the student’s potential to learn in their educational programs
• Designs and implements behavior management plans, consults with mainstream and special education teachers, and provides case management for students and families requiring multiple services
• Participates in Manifestation Determination issues for students with disabilities
• Participates in the Medicaid in the schools program as a licensed provider
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students assigned
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, and community
• Ability to speak clearly and concisely in written or oral communication
• Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and collaboration in all work-related activities

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises students.

Education & Experience

Master’s in Social Work (MSW) preferred.

Certificates & Licenses

• New Mexico Public Education Department Social Worker License
• New Mexico Social Worker’s Board License