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Socorro Consolidated Schools

**2024-2025 .5 SOCIAL WORKER (9625)

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Title**2024-2025 .5 SOCIAL WORKER
Posting ID9625
Description

Job Title:  .5 SPECIAL EDUCATION SOCIAL WORKER 

 

Reports To:  DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES 

 

General Job Description:

To improve the school performance of students identified as having emotional, social or behavioral through evaluation, and provide therapeutic interventions.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Demonstrate appropriate skills in working with parents and families
  2. Demonstrate a broad base of knowledge and training to enable him/her to effectively perform job responsibilities.
  3. Demonstrate effective organizational skills.
  4. Assist in the collection of evaluation data (i.e. observation, interview, informed assessment) to assist the multidisciplinary team in identifying individual needs and appropriate services.
  5. Provide direct or indirect service to identified special education students as recommended by the Individual Educational Plans (IEP).  Services to be provided may include the following:
  1. Assist in the development of behavioral management plans.
  2. Individual and/or group interventions.
  1. Evaluate and document the progress of students assigned to caseload, noting steps toward achievement of specific goals and objectives that were established in the Individual Education Plan.
  2. Serve as a consultant to the building level Student Assistance Teams (SAT) as needed.
  3. Participate in in-service training programs.
  4. Assess students for safety, including threatening behavior and suicidal ideation.
  5. Medicaid notes are to be submitted 10 business days from the completion of service.
  6. Provide individual and group crisis intervention services; information on social, emotional, and behavioral issues; provide student support and encouragement.
  7. Promote student success through support of parents and families as needed.
  8. Consult and collaborate with building administrators, and school based professionals to interpret student social/emotional needs, assist with behavioral management, serve as resource for school staff, including involvement in staff meetings, workshops, presenting in-service programs, etc.
  9. Establish and maintain working relationships with community service providers, use community services to assess and provide for the needs of students and families.
  10. Maintain professional skills through consultation, in-service activities; and awareness of cultural diversity; and maintain confidentiality.
  11. Provide crisis intervention services when necessary.
  12. Serve as an advocate for the students assigned to caseload and those included in the special education program of SCSD.
  13. Maintain confidentiality with sensitive matters.
  14. Be flexible and able to prioritize tasks and maintain accurate and detailed records.
  15. Report to work on time and work no less than 7.5 hours per day.
  16. Work independently with very little supervision.
  17. May be required to perform other related duties/functions as assigned by your supervisor.

 

Experience and Education:

  1. Bachelor of Social Work required, Master’s degree preferred.
  2. Current license with the New Mexico State Education Department Social Worker license.
  3. Must hold a current Social Worker Board of Examiners license which has to be renewed as required by state regulations.
  4. Must hold a Valid Driver’s license and Car Insurance and travel from site to site.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                      Physical Requirements:

Sitting, standing, lifting and carrying (up to 40 pounds), climbing stairs, reaching, squatting, kneeling, having full mobility of fingers/hands, and moving light furniture may be required, unless ADA accommodations have been mutually agreed on and does not create an undue hardship upon the district.

 

Safety and Health:

Knowledge of universal hygiene precautions.

 

Equipment/Material Handled:

Must know how to properly operate, or be willing to learn to operate, multi-media equipment including current technology as needed.

 

Work Environment:

Must be able to work within various degrees of noise and temperature.  Interruptions of work are routine.  Flexibility and patience are required.  Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignments without direct supervision.  After hours work may be required.  May make site or home visits as needed.  May work under stressful conditions on occasion.

 

Terms of Employment:

Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Employee's work:

Standing

15%

Inside

98%

Walking

15%

Outside

2%

Sitting

70%

 

 

Total

100%

 

100%

Requirements While Performing Job:

Physical Activity

Daily:  Yes/No

Description

Twist:  Waist

Yes

 

             Wrist

Yes

 

              Neck/Shoulder

Yes

 

Stoop, bend

Yes

 

Squat, kneel or crawl

Yes

 

Repetitive motions of hands or wrists

Yes

 

Run

No

 

Climb ladders, stairs, or equipment

No

 

Ride equipment

No

 

Walk on uneven terrain

No

 

Fine finger dexterity

Yes

 

Manual dexterity

Yes

 

Reaching above shoulders

Yes

 

Reaching at shoulder height

Yes

 

Reaching below shoulders

Yes

 

Other

 

 

Requirements for pushing, lifting, pulling, or carrying obstacles of weight

No. of lbs. from the floor

Push

Pull

Lift

Carry

Frequency:  Explain if daily/weekly/monthly/once in a while

0-25

 

 

X

X

Daily

26-50

 

 

 X

Weekly

51-150

 

 

 

 

 

Above 150

 

 

 

 

 

No. of lbs from chest high

 

 

 

 

 

0-25

 

 

X

X

Weekly

26-50

 

 

X

X

Once in a while

51-150

 

 

 

 

 

Above 150

 

 

 

 

 

No. of lbs. over head

 

 

 

 

 

0-25

 

 

 Once in a while

26-50

 

 

 

 

 

51-150

 

 

 

 

 

Above 150

 

 

 

 

 

Must be capable of working under unusual conditions such as:

Chemicals, skin irritants such as soaps, cleaning agents and others      

 

Cold/heat of outside work

 

Confined spaces such as crawl spaces and other small areas

 

Contact with the public

Yes

Dampness

 

Electrical

 

Explosives, flammables, gas, paint thinners

 

High work spaces

 

Machine noise

Yes

Radiation

 

Sun

 

Vibration

 

Protective equipment required

 

Vision Demand and Capabilities                                                        

Normal night vision

 

Normal depth perception

Normal depth vision

      X

Normal color vision

      X

Red/Green/Amber color vision

Uncorrected Vision

 

Corrected Vision

X

 

Hearing Demands and Capabilities

 

Hearing essentially normal

X

Some high tone loss

 

Significant high tone loss

 

Low tone loss

 

Other requirements:  Corrected hearing

X

 

 

Socorro Consolidated Schools provides all training required by OSHA to ensure employee safety.                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

 

 

** IF CHOSEN APPLICANT WILL NEED TO RE-APPLY FOR PERMANENT POSITION AT THE END OF THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shift TypeFull-Time
Salary Range$32,225.00 - $46,459.32 / Per Year
LocationMultiple Locations

Applications Accepted

Start Date06/27/2024

Job Contact

NameKim SanchezTitleAssistant Superintendent
Emailksanchez@socorroschools.orgPhone575-835-0300