Duties
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
The School Social Worker will provide individual, group, and family counseling; crisis intervention; case management; advocacy; consultation; in-service and parent education; prevention programs; conflict resolution services; and community organization and development.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serves as a liaison between home and school; provides parental education and counseling.
- Works cooperatively with other school personnel in the identification, diagnosis, and remediation of individual students with specialized needs.
- Confers with school personnel regarding a student's problems.
- Communicates information about a student's school problems to parents.
- Consults with parents regarding ways they can help their child become effective in school.
- Conducts social developmental components of a case study evaluation.
- Administers and interprets adaptive behavior scales.
- Obtains medical, social, or educational information about a referred student from community agencies.
- Makes classroom observations of a student who has been referred following district procedures.
- Confers with parents concerning their feelings about special education services/placements; prepares parents for multi-disciplinary conference.
- Schedules multi-disciplinary conferences in cooperation with the psychologists.
- Attends multi-disciplinary conferences; provides emotional support to parents; presents social/developmental information.
- Obtains parent signatures for placement in special education programs in cooperation with other school district personnel.
- Maintains accurate, complete, and punctual records as required by law, district policy, and administrative direction.
- Makes provisions to be available to parents and school personnel as needed for education-related purposes.
- Attends staff meetings and contributes to ongoing development of district programs through involvement with building and district committees.
- Strives to maintain and improve professional competence; demonstrates awareness of limitations and strengths, acknowledging recommendations, and setting goals for growth.
- Possesses and maintains current information and academic background; demonstrates observable knowledge of theory and content in general education appropriate to elementary or secondary level, and in special education appropriate for all categories.
- Treats personal information about students, parents, or staff members confidentially and ethically by discussing such personal information only with individuals having a demonstrable educational interest in the student.
- Maintains communication and positive relationships with students, colleagues, parents, and community.
- Supports Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 and imparts a positive image of the district within the community.
- Uses appropriate channels of communication.
Qualifications
Education, Licensure, and Experience:
- Illinois Professional Educator License
- School Social Worker endorsement
- Related Master's Degree or better from an accredited college or university
- Must be able to perform all of the duties and responsibilities of the position
Salary/Benefits
Salary and Benefits:
Information can be found in the D103 Teacher's Association Master Contract. These documents can be found online at: https://www.d103.org/departments/human-resources/contracts-and-agreements