Social Worker

About the role

Position Purpose: Works to ensure that Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is implementing a comprehensive program that addresses student attendance, homelessness, barriers to learning, student behavior, and mental health issues. Provides equitable delivery of social work services under the framework of the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS).

Location: Crossroads II, Cary, NC. Effective Date: 4/2026.

Responsibilities

• Ensures a 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.
• Conducts assessment of student needs and parental involvement;
• Promotes regular school attendance;
• Conducts home visits;
• Promotes safe, caring, and drug free schools;
• Empowerment/advocacy for students;
• Provides culturally competent services;
• Provides appropriate services for homeless students;
• Provides individual counseling;
• Facilitates group counseling;
• Promotes positive self-esteem;
• Teaches anger management and impulse control;
• Social skills training;
• Substance abuse prevention;
• Provides crisis intervention services;
• Participates in the development of behavioral modification plans;
• Provides short/long-term case management services to individual students;
• Provides referrals to community agencies and coordinates services;
• Coordinates services with other disciplines within the school;
• Participates in transition planning for students;
• Coordinates pregnancy prevention programs;
• Coordinates dropout prevention programs;
• 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;
• 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;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in school social work from a regionally accredited college or university.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university in Social Work (preferred).
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (preferred).
• Nationally Certified School Social Work Specialist (C-SSWS) credential (preferred).
• Experience that incorporates comprehensive and integrated school social work services (preferred).
• Experience providing crisis and suicide prevention and intervention (preferred).
• Active in professional school social work associations (NASW and/or NCSSWA) (preferred).

Skills

• Comprehensive 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.
• Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Google Apps.
• Skills in creating and managing effective presentations, including the capability to use relevant technology.
• Effective crisis response skills.
• Effective strategic planning skills and experience supporting system-level improvement.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Strategic problem-solving skills.
• Ability to facilitate effective meetings.
• Ability to support a collaborative working environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form using a variety of communication techniques and tools.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, community groups, vendors, external agencies, and the public.

Pay

Pay Grade: Guidance Counselors/Social Worker Salary Scale.

Schedule

Work Week Schedule: Monday‑Friday (occasional evenings and weekends). Position is eligible for hybrid telework workweek.