School Social Worker
About The Position
The Tilton School Social Worker supports students in the agency’s Day Service program by developing and maintaining their social and emotional management skills in a trauma-informed manner, with the goal of helping them succeed in less restrictive educational settings. The role applies an understanding of child development, family and community influences, and cultural differences to help students and families address problems and resolve conflicts safely and healthily. The School Social Worker provides counseling, skill building, crisis intervention, case management, and related services consistent with students’ Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs). The role collaborates with teachers, school staff, families, school districts, community providers, and other agency programs; contributes to educational planning and program evaluation; and maintains required service documentation. The position is full-time, based at Champlin Ave in Utica, New York, with no travel listed.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work.
- Certification as a School Social Worker by NYSED.
Responsibilities
- Provide supportive counseling, skill building, and crisis intervention, as needed, in accordance with students’ IEPs to address emotional and behavioral issues affecting learning and social functioning.
- Support classroom teachers in implementing classroom-wide behavior management plans and level systems, and assist with individual student Behavior Improvement Plans (BIPs).
- Participate in the interdisciplinary educational team for each assigned student and collaborate on targeted IEP goals and strategies.
- Attend regularly scheduled team meetings with the School Psychologist, CSE Chairperson, Guidance Counselor, and School Social Workers to review student needs and concurrent planning.
- Provide case management for the assigned caseload to support integration of services.
- Keep parents, school districts, and community providers informed of significant events on an ongoing basis.
- Monitor students’ daily functioning to ensure continuity of IEP services and coordinate with educational team members.
- Facilitate collateral contacts and referrals with outside individuals and agencies when relevant to the IEP and identified treatment needs.
- Participate in additional internal and external meetings as required by the educational needs of the caseload.
- Participate in Committee on Special Education (CSE) meetings to review and revise student plans as appropriate.
- Facilitate quarterly parent-teacher conferences as needed.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and legible service documentation, including supporting IEP completion, preparing IEP progress notes each marking period, weekly progress notes, the end-of-year RS-2 Need for Related Services Medicaid Report, and other service documentation such as RCMP.
- Partner with educational, medical, and other agency programs as relevant to program evaluation and development of the Day Services program.
- Monitor and report attendance.
- Complete training required by program or agency policy and actively participate in program and agency-wide performance improvement activities.
- Support children’s growth and individuality by understanding their basic needs and developmental issues, asking age- and developmentally appropriate questions, listening actively, and developing warm, positive, nurturing relationships.
- Follow mandated reporting requirements regarding child abuse and neglect and practice infection control, including appropriate hand-washing procedures.
- Communicate respectfully with families, recognizing diversity and considering children’s family, culture, and risk factors when planning support for their development and learning.
- Communicate with parents about developmentally appropriate behavior and expectations for children.
- Perform other associated tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
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Job Type
Full-time
