Social Worker - South Bend, United States - CAREER ACADEMY OF SOUTH BEND, INC.

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    Job Type

    Full-time

    Description

    General Description: The Social Worker will be responsible for supporting students and advocating for their emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. Their duties include counseling students, connecting at-risk youth with helpful resources, and conducting home visits to provide additional support.

    Qualifications

    Master's Degree and licensed social worker.

    Primary Responsibilities

    • City Connects Coordinator programming in grades 6-12
    • Assists teachers and parents in developing and implementing behavior management plans to remediate problem behaviors.
    • Assists students to improve their academic, personal, and social functioning.
    • Provides social skills, anger management, stress reduction or similar instruction to students experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or others' ability to learn.
    • Provides short-term individual and group counseling to students experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or others' ability to learn. Provides information to families and assists them in accessing long-term or intensive counseling services, as needed
    School Activities
    • School Social Worker is required to attend and/or participate in such other activities as directed by the Administrator such as: faculty meetings (before or after school hours), open houses, commencement exercises, chaperone student activities, provide guidance for students, participate on faculty committees, study and help resolve school problems.
    Essential Skills and Abilities
    • Competency in the administration and interpretation of academic ability testing
    • Ability to use technology for documentation and preparation of professional materials
    • Ability to teach and assist students in behavioral mental health
    • Ability to communicate in written and oral forms, to parents and professionals
    • Ability to develop, implement, and evaluate student support plans
    • Ability to prioritize tasks, allocate time, and maintain schedule flexibility