SOCIAL WORKER

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited college or university.
• Certification or eligibility for certification by the Florida State Department of Education.
• Valid state of Florida driver’s license and/or access to transportation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Manifests a professional code of ethics and values.
• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Collaborates and meets regularly with the school’s Student Services Team to support all tiers of mental health support and resiliency initiatives.
• Participates in and supports the multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) process to assist with addressing student needs in all areas (i.e., attendance, academic, behavioral, social, health, and mental health, etc.).
• Serve as a representative at appropriate meetings and activities pertaining to the delivery of school social work services and ensure that federal, state, and district requirements are met.
• Conduct assigned portions of evaluations of students for ESE services in accordance with social work areas of responsibility.
• Provide instructional lessons on resiliency topics such as Child Safety Matters and lessons following specific disciplinary infractions.
• Provide direct individual and group counseling services (this may include counseling as a related service on Individual Evaluation and 504 plans).
• Serve as a member of Threat Management Teams and serve in an appropriate capacity as defined by the district.
• Support students who exhibit self-harm, or suicidal ideation and ensure appropriate interventions are implemented.
• Connect families with community resources and information to meet student and family needs.
• Conduct home visits for the purpose of assessing areas that may interfere with learning and/or appropriate educational placement.
• Support district crisis response.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
• Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends, and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the principal or director.

Evaluation

• Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions as set forth in the OCPS Instructional Personnel Evaluation System procedures manual.