Social Worker - Tampa, United States - IDEA Public Schools

IDEA Public Schools

Verified Company

Tampa, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Description

Role Mission:

Social Workers work directly with our at-risk scholars to ensure that they graduate from IDEA and go to and through college by providing them individualized emotional, behavioral, and mental health support.

Social Workers manage a caseload of at-risk scholars and provide individual and group interventions to support them independently master coping skills to address and overcome mental, behavioral, and academic challenges.

Social workers also support students and families with the removal of barriers to persistence, attendance, and academic success through connections to community resources.

What We Offer

Compensation:

Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $55,000 to $65,000, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity.

This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.

Other Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children.

Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include:

Paid Family Leave: Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
Employer-Paid Mental/

Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.

Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and an employer paid 403(b) retirement matching of up to 4% of your annual compensation.

IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What You Bring - Competencies

Qualifications:

Education: Master's degree in Social Work required
Experience: 1+ year(s) of teaching experience preferred
Licenses or certification: Social work license required (Clinical Social Worker Intern, LCSW, LCSW-S)

Knowledge and Skills:

Ability to write and speak Spanish preferred
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
Ability to build solid student and family relationships

What You'll Do - Accountabilities

90% Persistence for scholars in caseload

Partners with lead team members and teachers to identify atrisk students and create caseload
Schedules individualized and group recurring sessions to address mental health needs.
Establishes individualized counseling goals for scholars.
Uses knowledge and understanding of the reciprocal influences of home, school, and community to intervene for scholar success via such practices as assessment, crisis intervention, home visits, conflict resolution, individual and group counseling, consultation, program development, dropout prevention and coordination of school and community services.
Informs Lead Team of potential persistence concerns. Educates lead team on how to identify the caseload and is responsible to assign roles for lead team members for interventions with atrisk students.
Design and/or lead professional development on crisis, trauma, positive behavioral prevention and intervention techniques and socialemotional skill development for applicable audiences (minimum 1 per quarter)
Plan individual school and/or systemwide programs to promote a positive and caring school climate.
Lead, or coordinate with community partnerships to present parent information sessions on crisis, trauma, parental support, behavioral support, or mental health support for families (minimum 1 per quarter).
Design, coordinate, and or lead monthly parent training, workshops, or information sessions related to socialemotional, behavior, or community resource support (minimum 1 per quarter).
Leads staff professional development related to selfcare, traumainformed practices, relevant developmental needs of students, and other SELrelated topics in coordination with other student support team members.

97.5% ADA for scholars in caseload

Collaborates with Registrar to get daily list of absences to contact families.
Contacts families as prescribed in escalation matrix to determine barriers to attendance and any resources needed.
Utilizes the Mission List Tracker to communicate with families to figure out root cause of absenteeism and develop solutions to address concerns.
Conducts home visits as necessary to collaborate with families and support attendance.

Earns an "A" on Social Work report card

Collaborates with key stakeholders on campus to support implementation of mental health, social emotional learning, and counseling supports.
Creates referral, intake, and