Sand Point Elementary - Social Worker - 0.5 FTE

Seattle Public Schools•Sand Point Elementary, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

A school social worker is a professional in the fields of social work and education who holds a valid school social worker certification as defined by the professional educator standards board. The purpose and role of the school social worker is to provide an integral link between school, home, and community in helping students achieve academic and social success. This is accomplished by removing barriers and providing services that include: Mental health and academic counseling, support for students and parents, crisis prevention and intervention, professional case management, collaboration with other professionals, organizations, and community agencies, and advocacy for students and parents. School social workers work directly with school administrators as well as students and families, at various levels and as part of an interdisciplinary team in the educational system, including at the building, district, and state level. School social workers provide leadership and professional expertise regarding the formation of school discipline policies and procedures, and through school-based mental health services, crisis management, the implementation of social-emotional learning, and other support services that impact student academic and social-emotional success. School social workers also facilitate community involvement in the schools while advocating for student success. (RCW 28A.410.044 )

Requirements

Masters Degree in Social Work
Education Staff Associate (ESA) Certificate in School Social Work.
Valid Washington State Education Staff Associate (ESA) Certificate in School Social Work.
Criminal Justice fingerprint and background check.

Nice To Haves

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
Two (2) years applicable experience preferred.
If recent graduates are considered, 2nd year Masters degree field placement in a school preferred.
National Board equivalent for Social Workers: LICSW or National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Certified School Social Work Specialist (C-SSWS)

Responsibilities

Developing an integral link between school, home, and community to remove academic, social, and/or mental health barriers for students
Serves as the liaison between school, home, and community.
Identifies strengths and needs of student, family, school, and community, and provides appropriate referrals and/or resources.
Builds on strengths and increases skills and capacity for resilience.
Removes systemic and social justice barriers for students and families.
May provide home and community visits to better meet needs of students and families.
Providing mental health and academic support
Provide direct mental health and social emotional services in the form of short-term individual or group counseling to ensure skill development and long-term academic and emotional success.
Identify, link and leverage other community resources and systems that can provide families with additional services and support.
Collaborates with other professionals and community organizations to bring relevant mental health supports to the academic setting.
Professional case management for students and families
Advocate and develop systems that better meet the needs of students and families.
Partner to evaluate and discuss options to meet needs and goals, and implement action plans.
Provide ongoing support and coordination, including wraparound services and collaboration with community agencies.
Collaboration with other educational professionals and development of school-based interdisciplinary teams
Develop and coordinate effective building systems, in partnership with administrators, that remove barriers caused by oppressive and negative societal factors.
Provide innovative leadership and expertise on school-based mental health needs and systems that impact student academic and social-emotional success.
Provide systems coordination in collaboration with school-based personnel to provide a continuum of services and supports strongly based in the social justice perspective.
Collaboration with organizations and community agencies to provide wrap around support
Leverage expertise of interdisciplinary school team members, community stakeholders, and guardians/families, in order to maximize and mobilize resources.
Challenge barriers of systematic inequities and work within the system to eliminate discriminatory or oppressive practices.
Utilize evidence-based, data-driven interventions for tiered responses to promote strength-based cultural wellness of the thriving whole child.
Implementation of social emotional learning
Provides leadership and professional expertise on planning and implementing school-wide comprehensive social emotional learning, including training and supporting staff, and facilitating small group and individual skill-building in a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS).
Crisis prevention and intervention
Identify, assess, and respond to student and school community needs with immediate supports for physical and psychological safety. This may include suicidal and homicidal assessment and intervention and postvention.
Carry out the building’s Crisis Response Plan as well and implementation of preventative systems utilizing a race and equity lens.
Leadership and guidance in the formation of discipline and behavioral procedures
Provide consultation, development, and equitable implementation of school-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and Restorative Justice practices.
Utilize data to identify disciplinary practices that perpetuate discriminatory practices and recommends alternative, proactive supports to increase student life-long emotional and academic success.