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

Oswego-Community-Unit-School-District-308; Illinois; On-site; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

Oswego Community Unit School District No. 308 seeks a School Social Worker for leave coverage at Long Beach Elementary School.

The role involves strengthening home-school-community partnerships and addressing barriers to learning through direct and indirect interventions. Responsibilities include coordinating with families and staff, conducting assessments, providing individual and group counseling, and participating in IEP/MTSS teams.

Qualifications

• Illinois Professional Educator License with School Social Worker Endorsement.
• Knowledge of the school social work profession including laws, ethics, professional standards, child development, diversity and family systems.
• Ability to conduct direct and indirect intervention; caseload management, counseling and interviewing skills.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, families and staff.

Responsibilities

• Identify factors affecting a student’s school functioning (home, school, community).
• Serve as liaison between families and the school to promote collaboration.
• Complete social assessments to assist in determining special education services.
• Implement therapeutic strategies to improve behavioral and social interactions.
• Provide individual and group counseling to students and families.
• Provide parent/guardian training on child development and communication with teachers/parents/students.
• Collaborate with school staff to promote student learning.
• Participate in IEP, MTSS and other school-based teams to develop interventions.
• Provide crisis intervention services.
• Provide social work case management for students and families.
• Provide staff consultation on behavioral-social-environmental issues affecting learning.
• Conduct staff development on social-emotional-environmental factors.
• Conduct social skills groups and classroom presentations.
• Maintain clinical records and report data per program standards.
• Complete risk assessments and functional behavior assessments.
• Conduct classroom observations as needed.
• Liaise with community agencies to foster school-family-community communication.
• Locate and mobilize community resources to support education.
• Participate in professional development activities.
• Support District policies and regulations and ethical standards.

Skills

Professional communication

Time management

Student support

Cultural awareness

Collaboration

Education

Illinois Professional Educator License with School Social Worker Endorsement

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - Community Unit School District No. 308

School Social Worker (LB) Leave Cover (3/30/27-5/28/27) JobID: 17194

• Date Posted:
  10/21/2026
• Location:
  Long Beach Elementary School
  (High-Needs School)

COMPENSATION: $45.00 p/hr
QUALIFICATIONS:

• Illinois Professional Educator License with School Social Worker Endorsement
• Comprehensive knowledge of the school social work profession including associated 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 intervention; 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.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The School Social Worker provides services that strengthen home, school, and community partnerships and address barriers to learning and achievement. The School Social Worker contributes to the development of a healthy, safe, and caring environment by promoting theunderstanding of the social-emotional development of children and the influences of family, community, and cultural differences on student success and by implementing effective intervention strategies.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identifiesand assesses school, home, and community factors affecting student's school functioning.
• Serves as a liaison between families and the school to positively promote collaboration to improve student achievement.
• Completes social assessments to assist in the determination of special education services.
• Implements appropriate therapeutic strategies to effect changes in students' behavioral and social interactions.
• Provides individual and group counseling to students and their families.
• Provides parent/guardian training on such issues as child development and teacher/parent/student communication.
• Collaborates with school staff in implementing strategies to promote student learning.
• Participates as a member of the IEP,MTSS, and other school based teams to develop interventions for promoting students' academic success.
• Provides crisis intervention services.
• Provides social work case management for students and families.
• Provides staff consultation on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues affecting student articipation in the learning process.
• Conducts staff development on issues related to social-emotional-environmental factors that impact learning.
• Conducts social skills groups and classroom presentations on identified areas of concern for the students.
• Maintains required clinical records and submit appropriate documents for statistical reports in adherence with program standards in school social work.
• Completes risk assessments on referred students.
• Completes functional behavior assessments on identified students.
• Completes classroom observations as necessary.
• Serves as liaison with community agencies and assist in fostering communication between schools, parents/guardians, and community leaders.
• Locates and mobilizes community resources to support the educational program.
• Participates in activities that promote professional development.
• Supports and implements District policies and procedures, regulations, and administrative directives.
• Adheres to the ethical standards and codes of the profession and to the established rules, regulations, and laws governing special education.

Postings current as of 10/23/2026 4:59:14 PM CST.

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