Duties
McLean County Unit District No. 5
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: School Social Worker
Location: Multiple Locations
Department: Building Personnel
Reports to: Principal/Assistant Principal
FLSA Class: Exempt
FTE: 1.0
SUMMARY
To help students achieve maximal social and emotional functioning by serving those children whose social, emotional, and/or behavioral problems interfere greatly with their ability to profit from school experience.
DUTIES
- The school social worker shall provide consultation and in-service training to school personnel.
- The school social worker shall be responsible for providing the social-development study in a case study evaluation and for participating in the identification of those children who require social work intervention.
- The school social worker shall assist students directly toward adjustment to school.
- The school social worker shall be responsible for servicing as a liaison between the home and the school, and for providing parental education and counseling as appropriate in relation to the child’s problem.
- The school social worker shall facilitate the effective utilization of existing community resources to meet the needs of school children.
- The school social worker shall keep informed of new developments in the field.
- The school social worker shall participate in case conferences when referred students are involved, or as requested.
- The school social worker shall attend multi-disciplinary staff conferences.
- Supervise training of school social worker interns in Unit No. 5 School District.
- The school social worker will participate with the administrative team regarding general principal, department head and District meetings.
- Coordinate developmental screening for 3 and 4 year-old children in Unit No. 5 School District.
- The school social worker shall perform all duties necessary to the position and such other duties as may be fixed by the Director of Special Education.
Salary/Benefits
Compensation:
Per the negotiated contract between McLean County Unit 5 and the United Five Education Association, for the 2022-2023 school year the starting salary range for candidates with a Bachelor's Degree is $39,124 - $54,304 and is based upon Education and Certified Teaching experience. Candidates with a Master's Degree is $43,819 - $64,946 and is based upon Education and Certified Teaching experience.
How to Apply
Application Procedure:
Apply Online at www.unit5.org