School Social Worker

Lifelong Learning Administration Co • Hesperia, CA

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About The Position

The School Social Worker provides leadership and support to the Learning Center in collaboration with site administration and student support team members. The role partners with the School Counselor to deliver school- and community-wide best practices; develop policies, procedures, and supports that positively affect students; promote academic achievement; address students’ social-emotional needs and behavior; promote mental health awareness and safe, diverse learning environments; support a positive school climate; and strengthen family-school relationships.

The position supports multiple school sites in the region, including Adelanto, Apple Valley, and Hesperia, and may require travel between locations. The School Social Worker works with students, families, school staff, and community providers, with particular emphasis on foster youth, students in nontraditional housing, and other at-promise student groups. The role also supports school counseling events and initiatives and serves as a preceptor for Social Worker Internships.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential with Specialization in School Social Work.
• Experience coordinating comprehensive support systems for students.
• Experience providing case management, facilitating support groups, and delivering mental health interventions in an academic setting.
• Proficiency with student information databases.
• Skill in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Understanding of how to navigate educational systems.
• Knowledge of State and National School Social Work Standards (NASW) and applicable student-welfare laws, regulations, and policies.
• Knowledge of current education trends and concerns that affect at-promise students and dropout prevention.
• Ability to connect with people from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds and with foster youth, students in nontraditional housing, and other at-promise student groups.
• Collaborative decision-making, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
• Organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative, collaborative relationships with professionals and stakeholders.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong time-management skills and ability to work effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to maintain legal, ethical, and confidentiality requirements in accordance with the NASW Code of Ethics.
• Ability to travel in performance of job duties.
• Ability to manage a high workflow, coordinate projects, and engage with people; perform frequent multitasking, reprioritize tasks, and complete repetitive, exacting work; and work in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures.
• Ability to perform sedentary work, primarily sitting, with occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds; use finger dexterity for small movements; communicate detailed information accurately, loudly, or quickly; and hear ordinary conversations and see with ordinary visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• Child Welfare Attendance (CWA) credential preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess academic barriers by exploring factors in students’ home, school, and community environments that affect adjustment.
• Consult and collaborate with teachers, administrators, and other school staff about behavioral, emotional, and environmental issues affecting students’ participation in learning.
• Provide brief, solution-focused individual and group counseling to students.
• Assist with coordinating and delivering school-based therapeutic support services.
• Conduct workshops, social skills groups, and classroom presentations on identified student concerns.
• Serve as a member of the school site crisis intervention team.
• Provide staff development on behavioral, emotional, and environmental issues affecting student participation in learning.
• Assist in developing community awareness and partnerships.
• Collaborate with the School Counseling team to support identified foster youth, students in nontraditional housing, and other at-promise student groups, including parenting, gang-affiliated, justice-involved, and LGBTQIA2S+ youth.
• Assist with developing, coordinating, and implementing psycho-educational workshops.
• Collaborate with School Counselors, Student Retention Support, the School Psychologist, Community Liaisons, and other staff.
• Work with county social workers, probation officers, case managers, and service providers to support student success.
• Serve as a preceptor for Social Worker Internships.
• Support School Counseling events, activities, and initiatives.
• Attend required meetings and professional development activities.
• Facilitate meetings with identified foster youth and students in nontraditional housing at assigned school sites.
• Assess students’ educational needs and make appropriate referrals and intervention recommendations.
• Connect and support students through educational and vocational programs, including tutoring, mentoring, job training, and college preparation or fairs.
• Coordinate family, school, and community resources with caseworkers, social workers, and service providers to support student success.
• Perform other administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities as assigned or changed.
• Travel as required to perform job duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time