Anticipated: District Social Worker

The Illinois Association of School Administrators; Gillespie (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Illinois Association of School Administrators is seeking a School Social Worker to support students by addressing social, emotional and environmental barriers to learning within the school setting.

The role collaborates with parents/guardians, teachers, principals and community resources to promote a positive educational experience, provides crisis intervention, case management and group counseling, and maintains required records in compliance with program standards.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree and a professional educator license with a school social worker endorsement.
• Experience delivering crisis intervention and coordinating with families and school staff.
• Ability to collaborate with parents, teachers, principals and community resources to support students.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group social work services to address social, emotional and environmental barriers to learning.
• Identify academic problems by analyzing home, school and community factors.
• Serve as liaison between families and the school to promote parent participation.
• Develop and implement programs to engage parents/guardians and students.
• Conduct staff development on issues affecting learning.
• Maintain clinical records and prepare required reports per program standards.
• Coordinate with community resources to support education programs.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Communication with families

Collaborative team work

Student support planning

Education

Master's Degree

School Social Worker endorsement/license

Job description

• Assists students with academic learning by providing strategic services that identify and address the social-emotional-environmental issues that interfere with the educational process.
• Working with parents/guardians, teachers, school principal and community based resources, the school social worker implements strategies that promote a positive school experience for all students.
• Identifies and accesses academic problems through analysis of factors impinging on student adjustment including factors in home, school, and community.
• Serves as a liaison between families and the school to positively promote collaborative processes in educational planning for students by encouraging parent/guardian participation in the school setting.
• Provides individual and group counseling.
• Collaborates with school staff and other school system personnel in implementing strategies to promote student learning.
• Participate as members of school based teams to develop interventions for promoting students' academic success.
• Provides crisis intervention services in conjunction with school safety team.
• Provides social work case management for students and families.
• Provides staff consultation on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues affecting student participation in the learning process.
• Conducts staff development on issues related to social-emotional-environmental factors that impact learning.
• Develops programs to address parent/guardian participation in the school and student engagement in the educational process.
• Conducts classroom meetings, social interaction skills groups, and classroom presentations on identified areas of concern for the students.
• Maintains required clinical records and submits appropriate documents for statistical reports with adherence to program standards in school social work.
• Completes risk assessments on referred students.
• Completes classroom student observations.
• Serves as liaison with community agencies and assists in fostering communication between schools, parents/guardians, and community leaders.
• Locates and mobilizes community resources to support the educational program.
• Attends meetings and professional development activities as required.
• Develop and coordinate specialized programmatic activities for the program to assist with addressing student social and educational needs.
• Develop and maintain a current list of resources that includes self-help/support groups to ensure comprehensive services are provided to students and their families.

Qualifications

1. Master's Degree
2. A professional educator license with a school social worker endorsement

Salary/Benefits

Per negotiated contract: Contract can be found at