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Mt. Pleasant Community School District

School Social Worker

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution.
• Satisfactory criminal background check.
• Preference given to a licensed social worker, but not required.

JOB GOAL:

To help students resolve personal, emotional, and social problems that interfere with their adjustment to school and their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered them.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress.
• Performs casework service with parents to increase the parents' understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child's problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available.
• Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of the student's behavior.
• Supervises the referral of students to, and serves as liaison with, such outside agencies as the Welfare Department, Child Placement Bureau, and Juvenile Court, as appropriate.
• Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful information on a student's background.
• Serves as liaison between home and school when considerable follow-up is necessary, as in welfare cases, foster home children, and disadvantaged students.
• Assists students directly toward adjustment to school.
• Keeps sufficient records of cases for use by school staff members and outside agencies when appropriate.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the teacher compensation plan. Length of the work year shall be consistent with the teacher's contract.

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of personnel.

For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.

https://mtpcsd.mysmarthire.com/jobs/16901-3791.html