School Social Worker (Family Support Coordinator)

City Garden Montessori•St. Louis, MO

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Providing holistic support to our students and families is core to our school model, the Family Support Coordinator will have the responsibility of coordinating counseling, social-emotional and wrap-around services for City Garden students and families. The Family Support Coordinator will contribute to a positive, trustworthy, and respectful climate that has consistent expectations for all. The Family Support Coordinator will build relationships, communicate proactively, and advocate continual growth while maintaining a student-centered focus.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling
School social work experience working in K- 8 public education setting
Experience providing counseling services to children and their families
Experience connecting families to wrap around support services and resources
Be child-centered, flexible, and willing to do whatever it takes for our students
Have excellent relationship-building skills
Have strong verbal and written communication skills
Be highly organized
Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Google Chrome, and knowledge of education records systems

Nice To Haves

Strong rapport with young children and their parents and guardians
Familiar with Montessori education, and aligned to Montessori’s holistic approach to child development
Strong grounding in anti-bias education and antiracist values and principles, and is excited to be part of a school that is reimagining education through these lenses
Ability to meet people where they are, build and nurture strong relationships, collaborate across stakeholders, build community, and lead with empathy
Deeply committed to both whole-child education and academic rigor, having proven success and outcomes in meeting children’s needs holistically and supporting high academic achievement for children of all backgrounds
Excited to engage deeply with students, teachers, staff and families as partners
Love to learn, have a sense of egoless-ness, be open to feedback, have an extreme growth mindset, and will always place children at the center of decisions and actions
Training in systemic racism, dismantling racism and addressing privilege (must have a firm grasp of anti-bias/anti-racism language and framework)

Responsibilities

Provide direct counseling and, if needed, coordinate outside counseling services
Coordinate parent and teacher consults regarding counseling and facilitating consent paperwork for all counselors
Support student/family processing and interventions as needed (emotional dysregulation in class, death/divorce in family, etc.)
Provide conflict mediation between students
Coordinate risk assessments and safety planning (and referral for Behavioral Health Response evaluations or other applicable levels of care when needed)
Participate in Student Support Team and support implementation of Student Support Team plan interventions
Recommend counselor, psychiatrist, and evaluation referrals, and provide support completing, navigating, and interpreting outside assessments and evaluations (attend with family at times)
Coordinates all 504 plan meetings and the creation of the 504 plans; communicates with parents, school staff, and administration about 504 plan needs and issues
Mandated reporting - explore potential child abuse/neglect situations and report if mandated (support for staff member if staff member is reporting)
Assess incidences at school involving private parts - teacher consultation, parent notification/consultation, safe touch education for student
Maintain documentation of all counseling sessions, interventions, consults, interactions with families, etc. as well as complete students (in SPED) IEP quarterly progress reports
Research and recommend community resources, and provide assistance navigating those resources such as utility assistance, housing, med. insurance, glasses, food assistance, diapers, legal aide, holiday assistance program coordination, furniture, tutoring programs, etc.
Coordinate resource distribution from family assistance budget; ensuring the school Principal is fully informed, and provides approval for any expenditures
School-wide resource/opportunity coordination ○ attendance tracking, absence/late arrival support, and follow-up with chronic absence issues ○ hearing/vision screenings and follow up ○ dental care van visits and follow up
Coordinate custody issues, orders of protection, safety planning: ○ meet with family ○ request/review legal paperwork ○ communicate to relevant staff
Serve as McKinney-Vento liaison and Foster Care Point of Contact
Provide appropriate documentation on homeless, foster care and migrant students to the Director of Curriculum and Instruction in accordance with Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requirements
Provide support and coordination regarding SEL curriculum, resources and assessment, including, but not limited to: Individual lessons Small -group lessons Classroom lessons
Participate in Panorama research, planning meetings, student survey proctoring, and professional development trainings