School Social Worker

Location: Henrico

General Statement of Duties

Provides a full range of social work services at assigned schools including counseling, crisis response, and intervention, assessment, threat assessment consultation to school personnel, parent outreach and education, enforcement of compulsory attendance, and coordination of community services on behalf of students. The employee collaborates with other school and community professionals to develop effective strategies to overcome barriers to student achievement.

Essential Duties

• Conducts assessments of students experiencing academic and social adjustment problems in compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations for special education services;
• Completes social evaluations, attendance reports, and other assessments in compliance with mandated timelines;
• Collaborates with teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to provide effective instruction and support to marginally performing or high-risk students;
• Provides research-based strategies, intervention and progress monitoring to address academic and behavioral needs of students;
• Performs structured observations of students in both the school and home settings to resolve problems with learning, behavior, and/or attendance;
• Consults with teachers to help them to better understand and work with individual students from diverse populations;
• Completes student risk assessments;
• Serves as member of school-based child find and special education eligibility committees and on crisis intervention and student intervention teams;
• Provides school-based mental health services for students that includes evidenced-based interventions and practices; individual and/or group counseling for students including crisis intervention services that include grief counseling for students and adults as well as debriefing for school staff;
• Coordinates school and community services on behalf of students and their families;
• Works to resolve school attendance problems and to affect student and parent compliance with the compulsory attendance statute of Virginia;
• Makes referrals to the truancy interagency committee and the court system;
• Assists administrators in resolving questions of legal residency for school attendance;
• Conducts a variety of parent education activities geared to supporting and strengthening the school-parent relationship;
• Plans, develops and implements professional development training for administration and staff;
• Provides supervision of school social worker graduate and B.S.W.interns as assigned;
• Acts as a school liaison between schools and community agencies/professionals serving students and their families;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently and 25 to 50 pounds occasionally, and may assist, move, or restrain students when required to intervene in student safety issues. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, lift, walk, stand, and hear.

Must be knowledgeable of the principles and methodologies of school social work and human services delivery and administration, human development and family dynamics, intervention techniques, learning theory and school organization.

Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia Department of Education license as a School Social Worker.

Additional Information

Eleven- and 12-month positions are available. The annual salary for the 11-month/ 239-day position is $66,989 or 12-month/260 day is 72,875.

Annual salaries are prorated based upon the actual work begin date.

How To Apply

To be considered for the listed vacancy, you must submit a complete online application to include:

Resume,

Pupil Personnel Services license or college transcripts

If you are unable to upload the documents, you may mail them to:

Henrico County Public Schools

3820 Nine Mile Road - Attn:
Human Resources

Henrico, VA 23223

The School Board of Henrico County is committed to nondiscrimination with regard to sex (including pregnancy), gender, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (except where such is a bona fide occupational qualification), in employment or in its programs and activities.

EOE/Accommodations Upon Request

Minimum Salary 66989

Maximum Salary

Currency USD

Main Organization Public Schools

Public Schools

Employment Status Permanent Fulltime

Permanent Full-time

Amount of Travel

Work At Home