School Social Worker - Long Term Substitute
East Providence School Department•East Providence, RI
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About The Position
The School Social Worker is directly responsible to the Director of Pupil Personnel and/or the Assistant Director Pupil Personnel Services and works in liaison with the building principals. The social worker is expected to provide a full range of social work services. He/she will devote his/her efforts toward improving the educational experience of those students with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in School Social Work from a regionally accredited institution
- Completion of a RI approved program or an Out of State program for the preparation of Social Worker Support Professional that leads to a master’s degree in social work.
- Demonstration of meeting the Content Competencies as prescribed by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Must have a Masters in Social Work, Licensed as a Certified Social Worker by RI Board of Registration for Social Workers.
- Must possess a high degree of tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
- Must be detailed oriented with good organizational skills.
- Must be proficient with computers.
Nice To Haves
- 5 year’s experience preferred.
- Medicaid billing
- Response to Intervention involvement
- Crisis Intervention participant
- Member of the Crisis Intervention Teams
- Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments/Behavior Intervention Plans
- Conduct classroom observations
- Type, copy all reports/clerical work
- Pull and transport student files from central office to building-based team meetings
- Conduct manifestation determinations
- Assist parents (Behavior management instruction, SPED info/education, referrals to community resources)
Responsibilities
- Conducts evaluations to assess intelligence, and educational development of students.
- Prepares interpretive reports from social work assessment in a style that is lucid to other concerned professionals.
- Confers directly with administrators, teachers, parents and students regarding his/her findings, and offers appropriate recommendations to benefit a student referred for a social work evaluation.
- Provides individual and/or group counseling to students in his/her assigned buildings.
- Assists/consults teachers in the development of more effective behavioral management programs in the classroom.
- Participate actively in case evaluation team conferences and offers constructive suggestions for assisting referred students.
- Contacts and cooperates with personnel of medical and community agencies in seeking services for the welfare of referred students.
- Conducts periodic re-evaluation of students as needed and/or as requested.
- Maintains a confidential file of case records on all students who have been evaluated.
- Serves as a resource person concerning learning handicaps for teachers and other school personnel.
- Participate and/or assists in in-service training programs for school personnel.
- Attends schedule staff meetings and committee meetings as needed.
- Keeps abreast of new developments in the field.
- Prepares and submits required reports concerning his/her program of services to the Director of Pupil Personnel.
- Interprets the school social worker services to teachers and parents.
- Maintains a daily log of activities.
- Assists in developing and writing individualized educational programs (IEP) for those students evaluated.
- Performs other related tasks as may be assigned.
