Social Worker - Kansas City Public Schools

Job Details

Title Social Worker

Description KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Title: Social Worker – Student Intervention

Job Title Code: 01054

Salary Grade: S614 $51,584-$80467

Department: School Leadership

Reports To: Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Date Prepared: March 2010 Revised: March 2012

PURPOSE OF JOB: To help students resolve such personal, emotional, and social problems as interfere with their adjustment to school and their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered during the regular school year as well as summer school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide brief solution focused clinical interventions, conflict resolution and brokerage services to students, families and teachers.
• Perform services with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parents’ understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child’s problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available. Provide class room consultation and behavior modification strategies to teachers.
• Provide referrals to all social service agencies to students, families and faculty as needed. Participate as a member of school treatment team.
• Monitor and work with homeless students’ attendance to obtain a 95% attendance goal.
• Maintain accurate, complete and confidential consumer files. Present staff in-service or arrange for such in-services.
• Maintain and update current records on students as required by Kansas City Public Schools and State and keep Regional Registry updated.
• Assist unaccompanied youth in finding housing, food and additional social services.
• Provide monthly written status reports on each student.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Social Work Page 2 of 3
• Minimum of two years experience in individual and small group clinical intervention.
• Previous experience working with Local, State or Federal Agencies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work flexible hours.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Multi-cultural and bi-lingual Spanish or Somali, based on population served.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, and reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least ten pounds.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Length of work year: 12 months. Benefits: Retirement Programs, Health, and Dental Insurance are provided