Position Title

Leave Replacement - Social Worker

Required Application Type

Teacher / Admin

Job Description

Position Description: The successful individual is responsible for supporting students and advocating for each student’s emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing, and educational growth. The duties include but are not limited to:

 

• Providing direct support to students in the form of individual counseling, group counseling, conflict mediation, and crisis intervention.
• Offering strategies to maximize coping skills for students in difficult situations.
• Assisting in the development of positive behavioral intervention strategies.
• Collaboration with faculty, staff, and administration to understand student’s struggles and /or distress.
• Providing faculty and staff with training on mental health support, including restorative practices, crisis intervention, and mandated reporting.
• Contributing to members of educational meetings to include social histories and documentation of social and emotional wellbeing.
• Scheduling home visits with families on an as-needed basis to address attendance and/or other socio-emotional concerns.
• Identifying and providing students and families with appropriate information and referrals for State, regional, and community-based services (e.g., mental health services, housing, food, etc.)
• Supporting the school community during crisis events/situations.

Job Qualifications

Appropriate New York State Certification is required. Salary as per MEA contracts.

Job Category

School Social Worker

Job Location

Shelter Rock Elementary School

Additional Information