School Social Worker (LB) Leave Cover (3/30/27-5/28/27)

Community Unit School District No • Long Beach, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The School Social Worker strengthens home, school, and community partnerships and addresses barriers to student learning and achievement. The role supports a healthy, safe, and caring school environment by promoting understanding of children’s social-emotional development and the effects of family, community, and cultural differences on student success, and by implementing effective intervention strategies. This is a leave-cover position at Long Beach Elementary School from March 30, 2027, through May 28, 2027, with compensation of $45.00 per hour.

Requirements

• Illinois Professional Educator License with School Social Worker Endorsement.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the school social work profession, including related laws, ethical issues, professional issues, and standards.
• Understanding of child development, psychopathology, social and environmental conditioning, cultural diversity, and family systems.
• Ability to conduct direct and indirect interventions.
• Effective caseload management, counseling, and interviewing skills.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, families, team members, and others.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess school, home, and community factors affecting students’ school functioning.
• Serve as a liaison between families and the school to promote collaboration and improve student achievement.
• Complete social assessments to help determine special education services.
• Implement therapeutic strategies to effect changes in students’ behavioral and social interactions.
• Provide individual and group counseling to students and their families.
• Provide parent and guardian training on topics such as child development and teacher-parent-student communication.
• Collaborate with school staff on strategies to promote student learning.
• Participate in IEP, MTSS, and other school-based teams to develop interventions supporting students’ academic success.
• Provide crisis intervention services.
• Provide social work case management for students and families.
• Consult with staff on behavioral, emotional, and environmental issues affecting student participation in learning.
• Conduct staff development on social, emotional, and environmental factors that affect learning.
• Conduct social skills groups and classroom presentations on identified student concerns.
• Maintain required clinical records and submit appropriate documents for statistical reports in accordance with school social work program standards.
• Complete risk assessments for referred students.
• Complete functional behavior assessments for identified students.
• Conduct classroom observations as necessary.
• Liaise with community agencies and foster communication among schools, parents or guardians, and community leaders.
• Locate and mobilize community resources to support the educational program.
• Participate in professional development activities.
• Support and implement District policies, procedures, regulations, and administrative directives.
• Adhere to professional ethical standards and codes, and to rules, regulations, and laws governing special education.

What This Job Offers

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