Social Workers Direct Hire

QUALIFICATIONS: Illinois PEL School Work Endorsement Master’s degree in School Social Work Physical ability to assist in lifting of students. Physical ability to assist in physical management of students

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Instructional Support and Organization

Provides services to students to improve personal, social or emotional skills related to educational and social progress on an individual or group basis.

• Supports classroom through classroom-based/unit-based activities.
• Provided crisis management services.
• Assumes responsibility for designing systems of support for students.
• Facilitates services to families.
• Provides in-service for staff.
• Serves as liaison to students, families and staff with outside agencies.
• Maintains appropriate records, including IEPs and Medicaid Billing
• Completes mandated special education functions (i.e. social developmental studies, re-evaluations)
• Conducts Life-Space Interviews with students, when appropriate
• Diffuses student anger
• Facilitates group therapy
• Provides individual therapy
• Supports classroom and interpersonal interactions through classroom-based/unit-based activities

Providing Training/Education

• Assumes responsibility for designing systems of support for students in the program (e.g. Peer Mediation, Peer Counseling, etc.)
• Facilitates and provides in-depth family training

Coordinating Case Management

• Communicates frequently with student families
• Connects students to available resources for future planning
• Works collaboratively with outside agencies and personnel, when appropriate, to assist with meeting student needs
• Initiates, facilitates and monitors Wraparound Planning, when appropriate
• Assists with designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating functional analyses and behavior plans
• Communicates regularly with team members regarding individual student strengths, needs and educational programming

Staff Roles

• Maintains a safe environment for students and staff
• Therapeutically processes with students, inappropriate behaviors that occur, when students are ready
• Restrains when necessary in accordance with policy and after having been properly trained
• Demonstrates professionalism while setting examples for students
• Obtains and applies knowledge and strategies from the various disciplines which make up the trans-disciplinary team
• Participates in transition planning, when appropriate
• Assists with in-service to district personnel on the needs of students when they are returning to a less restrictive environment
• Acts as a resource for team members regarding mental health, personal development and/or social issues
• Shares knowledge of resources and agencies that provide support services to a specialized population and/or program
• Assists with in-service to district personnel on the needs of students when they are returning to a less restrictive environment
• Participates in transition, when appropriate
• Acts as a resource for team members regarding mental health, personal development and/or social issues
• Shares knowledge of resources and agencies that provide support services to a specialized population and/or program
• Strives to maintain a working knowledge of curriculum and Illinois State Standards

Professionalism

• Follows policies and procedures of ECHO
• Demonstrates professionalism while setting examples for students
• Demonstrates continual assessment of personal and program effectiveness, responds effectively to feedback
• Actively participates in the evaluation process
• Demonstrates flexibility and is adaptable to change
• Uses judgement appropriately
• Conducts self in appropriate and ethical manner
• Treats others with respect and dignity
• Participates in professional growth activities
• Maintains a clean work area
• Dresses appropriately

Communication Skills

• Performs as an integral member of the educational team
• Maintains confidentiality in matters related to this position
• Relates in a helpful, positive, and efficient manner with peers, supervisors, and all those in contact with ECHO

Other Duties as Assisgned

POSITION: 180 DAY POSITION PER SCHOOL CALENDAR; FLSA Exempt. BENEFITS: Paid in accordance with Certified Bargaining Agreement, which can be found at WWW.ECHOJA.ORG on page: https://4.files.edl.io/09bb/10/02/23/132312-87853341-e509-48d7-b59f-1d18efb05913.pdf Board pays toward health insurance, sick days and personal day allotment per school year

Attachments:

• Social Worker.doc