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The Social Worker provides services to students and families to help students increase their ability to function optimally and enhance learning. The Social Worker collaborates with the student support network (e.g., educational team, parents, and community agencies) to address the students' academic, emotional, and social needs. The successful candidate works towards enhancing and fostering positive relations among the student, school, community, and parents. This is a Grant-Funded position. The Social Worker will perform the following duties:

• Assess needs and counsel’s students and families individually and in groups regarding social, emotional, behavioral and mental health interventions needed to enhance learning.
• Mobilize and coordinates community resources for students and families to address academic, behavioral, emotional, mental health and social needs. Develops and builds community agency partnerships with service providers to expand resources available to students and families. Communicates information to teachers and related service staff as needed to support student learning.
• Identify needs, provides services to students parents in crisis, and coordinates with community resources during any student's and student parent’s mental health crisis. Works in assigned schools and throughout the district on an on-call basis.
• Facilitate the intake process with families and collaborates with community service providers.
• Summarize student social-emotional needs and develops social skills training plans and proactive behavior management plans to support the students' success in the educational setting. .
• Consult with instructors and student parents to support the learning environment for increased educational benefit.
• Maintain professional progress notes and other records. Summarizes student and Student Parent’s social-emotional needs and develops social skills training plans.
• Develop and organizes activities for parental involvement.
• Serves as a resource and advocate to students and families.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned