2025-2026 Social Worker

Frontier Schools•Kansas City, MO

About The Position

Provide a problem-solving service between the school and the community in providing services to students, families, and school personnel to promote and support students’ academic and social success.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university.
Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of management, both internal and external to the district.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internal and external to the district.
Good listening skills with superior relational skills
Ability to use computers including software, database used by the district, spreadsheet and word processing software, calculator, copy machine and telephone.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff, families, students, community members, local and state agencies.
Safeguard confidentiality of student records.

Nice To Haves

Job related experience within the social work field is preferred.
Masters degree is preferred
Licensed Clinical Social Worker ( LCSW ) license for the state of Missouri is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct services to address the immediate concerns of at-risk students such as mental health concerns, crisis intervention, therapeutic groups, child abuse, neglect, family issues, sexuality issues, substance abuse, psychiatric concerns, suicide and school related concerns.
Provide short-term and on-going professional services to families that include, crisis intervention, resources and referrals and strength based case management.
Provide individual and group support to students and parents for the purpose of preventing, addressing or resolving behavioral issues in the classroom.
Conduct assessments on abuse/neglect, self-harm and suicidal threats and complete required follow up based on procedures and protocol. Referrals will be made to the appropriate mental health agencies as needed.
Serve as school liaison for McKinney Vento
Coordinate and Maintain Food Pantry
Coordinate and Facilitate Suicide Prevention Program
Facilitate Staff Development on current topics in mental health/behavioral concerns.
Coordinates activities with a variety of outside agencies, school sites, etc. (e.g. mental health, probation, medical, etc.) for the purpose of providing referrals for families and/or students.
Participate in a variety of meetings to provide support to students and families
Coordinate, Organize and Manage numerous projects throughout the year such as Thanksgiving Meals, Adopt A Family, etc.
Maintain records (e.g. case files, etc.) for the purpose of documenting contacts, activities and complying with mandated requirements.
Participate in Trainings, Workshops and Webinars to continue to be up to date on mental health issues, treatment options and preventive practices.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned