School Social Worker at Cowern Elementary 2024-2025

Position: School Social Worker
Work Schedule:  8 hours/day
Start Date: Fall 2024
Pay and Benefits:  Pay and benefits are in accordance with the teacher labor agreement – https://www.isd622.org/Page/310

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:  

• 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.