Social Worker, Guidance Counselor: Social​/Educational

Description

The School Social Worker at North Cook Young Adult Academy (NCYAA), a Regional Safe School serving middle and high school students in an alternative setting, provides case management, counseling, and social-emotional support to students navigating academic, behavioral, and transitional challenges. The Social Worker plays a critical role in fostering students’ well-being, designing systems of support, and facilitating individual and group interventions aligned to students’ evolving needs.

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Principal - NYCAA

185 days

Exempt

TRS (With PEL) IMRF (Without PEL)

• Provide comprehensive case management for an assigned caseload of students, including the development of individual support plans.
• Support students’ emotional transitions from home school districts, therapeutic settings, or other alternative placements into NCYAA.
• Conduct intake assessments and participate in re-entry and transition planning.
• Maintain regular communication with families, home schools, and partner agencies as appropriate.

• Administer baseline and periodic SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) assessments to evaluate student needs.
• Collaborate with students, staff, and families to set individualized, measurable social-emotional goals.
• Monitor student progress and adjust interventions as needed, documenting updates in student records.

• Design and lead structured, data-informed student support groups that reflect the changing needs of the student population (e.g., trauma, anger management, grief, self-regulation, peer relationships).
• Develop and maintain systems for delivering tiered social-emotional interventions within the school’s MTSS framework.
• Provide direct counseling services (individual and group) in response to student-specific needs, behavioral incidents, or crisis events.

• Collaborate with teachers, interventionists, administrators, and outside providers to ensure wraparound services and alignment of supports.
• Contribute to positive behavioral intervention systems and school climate initiatives.
• Participate actively in student support team meetings and other multidisciplinary planning structures.
• Serve as a liaison between school, family, and community to connect students with external resources when needed.

• Maintain accurate and timely records in accordance with district policy, state law, and federal guidelines.
• Document interventions, progress monitoring, parent communication, and service delivery logs.
• Support development and monitoring of student behavior plans, safety plans, and re-entry plans.

• Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance (PPO, High Deductible, or HMO) 100% premium paid by North Cook for single coverage (no payroll deduction). Dependent coverage is available.
• Metlife dental insurance 100% premium paid by North Cook for single coverage (no payroll deduction). Dependent coverage is available.
• Participation in the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension system.
• Life insurance at 1x annual salary + $50,000 AD&D insurance.
• 10 paid sick days per year.
• 2 personal days per year.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 403b/457b retirement savings plans available.