Social Worker (Pool Posting, Location To Be Determined)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilize varied models and methods of assessment and data collection for identifying strengths and needs of individual students and the broader school community, developing effective services and programs, and measuring progress and outcomes.
• Consult and collaborate with colleagues, students, families, and other stakeholders to promote effective implementation of services.
• In collaboration with other staff, use assessment and data collection methods to implement and evaluate services that support academic skills, learning, socialization, and mental and behavioral health, including but not limited to behavioral supports, individual and group counseling, and social skills training.
• Develop and implement practices and strategies to create and maintain effective and supportive learning environments for students (e.g., positive behavior interventions and supports).
• Promote services that enhance learning, mental and behavioral health, safety, and physical well-being through protective and adaptive factors and to implement effective crisis preparation, response, and recovery.
• Implement and evaluate services that respond to culture and context, and facilitate family and school partnerships and interactions with community agencies for enhancement of academic and social–behavioral outcomes for students.
• Provide effective professional services that promote effective functioning for individuals, families, and schools with diverse characteristics, cultures, and backgrounds and across multiple contexts, with recognition that an understanding and respect for diversity in development and learning and advocacy for social justice are foundations for all aspects of service delivery.
• Evaluate and apply research as a foundation for service delivery and, in collaboration with others, use various techniques and technology resources for data collection, measurement, and analysis to support effective practices at the individual, group, and/or systems levels.
• Provide services consistent with ethical, legal, and professional standards; engage in responsive ethical and professional decision-making; collaborate with other professionals; document assessments and services within District student information systems; and apply professional work characteristics needed for effective practice as school social workers, including respect for human diversity and social justice, communication skills, effective interpersonal skills, responsibility, adaptability, initiative, dependability, and technology skills.
• Engage in professional development to advance and strengthen professional skills.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work
• Experience providing case management, facilitating support groups, or delivering mental health interventions in a school setting
• Basic knowledge of typical office equipment such as telephones, copiers, fax machines, email, etc.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Intermediate organizational skills
• Advanced verbal and written communication and interpersonal relations skills
• Ability and desire to work as a team member
• Ability to guide, direct, or influence people
• Ability to understand, appreciate, and make accommodations for student diversity
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire