School Social Worker - 25/26 SY

Spotsylvania County School District • Fredericksburg, VA

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About The Position

Spotsylvania County Public Schools is actively seeking a School Social Worker to serve as a liaison among the home, the schools, and the community to alleviate any personal/social adjustment problems which may be obstructing the educational progress of students. This position also offers direct and indirect services to conquer barriers to academic achievement.

Requirements

• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Ability to obtain appropriate license(s) and/or endorsement(s) as required by the Commonwealth of Virginia and School Board
• Two (2) years of successful, full-time experience as a Social Worker, ideally within a public education institution, including crisis intervention and case management experience

Responsibilities

• Develops an effective working relationship with students, parents, teachers, school staff and community partners concerned with student welfare.
• Provides interagency case management for students
• Case Management and Presentation of cases at FAPT to obtain funding for students.
• Interprets to teachers, administrators, and the public, the function and purpose of the school social worker.
• Works with parents in securing community based resources to address home-based needs.
• Interprets to parents, the functions and objectives of the school.
• Represents the school division on certain inter-agency committees
• Assists all school staff in identifying the origin of students’ challenges and adjusting the school environment to allow students to make full use of the educational experience.
• Provides and connects students with resources and services to support academic success.
• Participates in child study/special education committee and school based meetings.
• Prepares in collaboration with the parent and other interested parties, as needed, social history documents including social/emotional behavior information on students referred to special education consideration.
• Facilitates social/emotional lessons in a group format as needed.
• Participates in the School Based Mental Health team meetings to address students’ overall needs
• Provides counseling as a related service and social worker consultation to identified special education students and documents progress quarterly.
• Conducts necessary crisis assessments on students expressing harm to self or others who demonstrate an inability to care due to psychosis or other acute mental health crisis.

Benefits

• competitive salary
• monthly PTO accrual
• robust healthcare benefit plans
• enrollment or transition into the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) with defined contributions and potential employer match
• FMLA and Short-Term Disability leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
• employer paid Life Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level