Social Worker @ Indian Hills Elementary (Start of 2nd Semester)

Dev•Topeka, KS

53d•Onsite

About The Position

The social worker provides a variety of services to pupils, parents, and staff. A particular emphasis is placed on developing social skills, conflict resolution skills, and strategies for dealing with a myriad of challenges and opportunities.

Requirements

Kansas social worker’s license required
Master’s degree in school social work required
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general educational reports, professional journals, technical procedures, and regulations.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups and individuals.
Ability to write clearly; keep detailed records; effectively produce reports, letters, and memoranda; and to carry out complex tasks.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and to deal with a variety of variables.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

Serves on the multidisciplinary team and participates in staffing meetings
Conducts and writes comprehensive social assessments of individual students
Develops and uses a variety of intervention methods in individual, group, family counseling, and crisis management
Works with parents in helping them to understand their child’s education, social, and intellectual needs
Helps parents alleviate adverse conditions that lead to impaired functioning in their children
Interprets data, collaborates effectively when writing individual educational plans, and implements intervention strategies
Develops and locates resources and services for students and their parents
Performs casework service with individual students
Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case and in establishing and planning the respective roles in the modification of the student’s behavior
Supervises the referral of students to, and serves as liaison with, outside agencies
Makes home visits
Serves as liaison between home and school
Assists students in adjusting to school
Maintains records and completes reports as requested
Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day
Uses effective oral and written communication skills
Supports the District’s educational mission for all students and implements all Board regulations and policies in a fair and equitable manner
Performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities as the superintendent or designee may assign
Facilitate and/or supervise the provision of special education services to students with disabilities as documented on individual education plans, as directed through Student Improvement Teams and delegated by building and district administration.
Supervises Staff members designated by the Board of Education, superintendent, or immediate supervisor