Summary
Summer Teacher Opportunities | District-Wide
Description
Position: K-12 School Social Worker – Extended School Year (125 hours)
Location: District Wide
ESY Dates: July 8 – 11, July 15 – 18, July 22 – 15, 8 hours prep
Work Schedule:Â 6.25 hrs/day, 8:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Start Date: July 2024
Pay and Benefits:Â Â $40.48, not benefits eligible
Location: District Wide
ESY Dates: July 8 – 11, July 15 – 18, July 22 – 15, 8 hours prep
Work Schedule:Â 6.25 hrs/day, 8:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Start Date: July 2024
Pay and Benefits:Â Â $40.48, not benefits eligible
Required Qualifications:
- Valid MN teaching license as a school social worker
- Licensed by the MN Board of Social Work
- High academic standards
- Knowledge and understanding of current instructional theory and practice
- Experience working in a school setting
- Excellent skills in collaborating
Desired Qualifications:
- Multi age training and experience
- Cultural competency
- Computer proficiency
- Background in behavior disorders and mental health
- Understanding of special education due process
Responsibilities: Â
- Consult with teachers, parents, and administrators to develop intervention strategies to reduce barriers to school success
- Identify and coordinate family, school, and community resources to enable each child to receive maximum benefit from his/her educational program
- Provide direct/indirect social worker services as specified on student’s IEP
- Provide social work assessments and other related services as defined in IDEA for students receiving special education support
-  Identify factors in a child’s home, school, and community that affect his/her success in learning
- Help school personnel to better understand how factors such as family, culture, socioeconomic status, and physical and mental health can affect students’ performance and behavior
- Assess student functioning across environments
- Provide individual and group counseling to students and their families
- Serve as a resource to building staff regarding identification and reporting of child abuse/neglect
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams
- Provide crisis intervention
- Consult and collaborate with community agencies and mental health professionals
- Uphold the ethical standards of the social work profession
- Provide service coordination for students and families requiring multiple services or resources
- Develop prevention and intervention programs to address violence, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and harassment
- Provide parent education and training
- Participate in policy development and on committees addressing issues such as discipline, attendance, mandatory reporting, and school climate
- Other related duties as assigned
ISD 622 is an equal opportunity employer and supports an inclusive workplace environment.