School Social Worker

Position Type: Student Support Services/Social Worker
Date Posted: 8/5/2024
Location: Andover Central School District
Date Available:  09/01/2024
Closing Date: 09/06/2024

PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME based on your personal needs

RESPONSIBILITIES (including, but not limited to):

• Respond to day-to-day issues and unanticipated student crises during the school day.
• Deescalate students in crisis.
• Collect and analyze data related to student behavior.
• Provide regular counseling to students in need of social and emotional support in an educational setting; this includes both mandated counseling to students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) as well as individual and group counseling to other students as needed.
• Act as liaison between community-based organizations, students and their families.
• Create programs for students to promote emotional and mental health.
• Facilitate the creation and implementation of functional behavioral assessments (fba) and behavior intervention plans (bip)
• Support and lead district-wide SEL-related professional learning?
• Collaborative team member at MTSS/RtI meetings

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience as a Social Worker/School Psychologist/School Counselor
• Working knowledge of the instructional and social needs of students at risk and students with disabilities
• Ability to design and implement in-school prevention programming according to current best practices
• Ability to simultaneously manage a regular counseling schedule and triage crises
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing urgent tasks
• Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, expertise in behavioral modification, crisis intervention, de-escalation, and special education.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• NYS Certified School Social Worker, or NYS Certified Psychologist, or NYS Certified School Counselor

SALARY RANGE

• Starting at $50,000