School Social Worker

Echn • Manchester, CT

4d

About The Position

This position reports to the Educational Coordinator and the Director of Adolescent Education. Responsible for conducting both group and individual counseling sessions for students, providing conflict resolution, anger management and behavior management strategies to students. The School Social Worker is also responsible for assessing a student's emotional condition daily and providing a therapeutic assessment for any student in crisis. Documents and communicates pertinent information to educational staff and Clinical Treatment Team. This position maintains contact with families, outside physicians and other community agencies involved with day school adolescents. Establishes counseling goals and objectives for each student and participates in scheduled Planning and Placement Team meetings. Contributes to creating a caring and compassionate environment through ECHN's Core Values of Teamwork, Communication, Respect and Caring.

Requirements

• Masters degree in Social Work with CT State Department of Education Certification in Social Work (071)
• A minimum of two (2) years experience in Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health and/or as a School Social Worker is required.
• Clinicians in Child and Adolescent Services must have minimum of one (1) year experience in family therapy with age group served.
• Computer competency with basic knowledge of Microsoft WORD and OUTLOOK is essential.
• The duties of this position require strong clinical skills including a demonstrated strength in team orientation, time management, crisis intervention, customer relations and interpersonal interactions.
• Strong written as well as verbal communication using the English language is needed.
• Must be flexible in approach so that service-specific as well as overall system needs can be met.
• Must be able to function effectively, and at times, independently in a work environment where multitasking is necessary.
• Must have access to reliable transportation to travel between multiple work sites; and travel is required in order to perform essential duties.

Nice To Haves

• Training and/or familiarity with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Familiarity with abuse and neglect reporting mandates, duty-to-warn mandates and knowledge of community-based resources is preferred.
• Age-specific knowledge of population served and competencies is required.

Responsibilities

• Conducting both group and individual counseling sessions for students
• Providing conflict resolution, anger management and behavior management strategies to students
• Assessing a student's emotional condition daily and providing a therapeutic assessment for any student in crisis
• Documenting and communicating pertinent information to educational staff and Clinical Treatment Team
• Maintaining contact with families, outside physicians and other community agencies involved with day school adolescents
• Establishing counseling goals and objectives for each student
• Participating in scheduled Planning and Placement Team meetings
• Creating a caring and compassionate environment through ECHN's Core Values of Teamwork, Communication, Respect and Caring

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees