JOB TITLE:               School Social Worker

LOCATION:              TBD (Yazoo City or Humphreys County)

SALARY:                   Teacher Salary Schedule Plus Supplement

WORK DAYS:           205 Days 10 Month Employee

REPORT TO:             Principal

FLSA STATUS:          EXEMPT                    

The students of the Mississippi Achievement School District (mASD) need your talent, expertise, passion and leadership.

We are seeking highly motivated and innovative practitioners to join our team at the mASD. We seek individuals who are radically relentless about re-envisioning the landscape of public education in Mississippi and making a significant difference in the lives of students, parents, school leaders, teachers, and central office employees.

Currently the mASD serves approximately 4100 students in Yazoo City and Humphreys County in the Mississippi Delta. As part of the state’s comprehensive transformation effort, the mASD seeks to become the model for sustainable school and district improvement in areas of the state that have experienced chronic and entrenched underperformance. Over time, the mASD intends to develop the highest-performing, competitively compensated, and most revered educator workforce in the state known for providing instructional excellence and producing significant outcomes for ALL students.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We believe that all students can achieve at the highest levels and are committed to providing opportunities that will permit all students to do so. The School Social Worker performs specialized social work in an educational setting to enable students to achieve optimal learning. This professional will collect, interpret, and synthesize information about a student’s social history, community environment, family dynamics, economic differences, and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral functioning. The School Social Worker also works cooperatively as an interdisciplinary team member to provide services and to devise an appropriate service plan for referred students and their families.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Facilitates and consults with school staff with regard to individual case situations when appropriate.
• Conduct functional assessments that are intervention-oriented and that consider the environmental context of the presenting problems as they relate to the student’s capacity to receive and/or benefit from instruction.
• Implement individual, group, or system-level interventions that are scientifically proven to promote positive social, emotional, behavioral, and independent functioning outcomes.
• Develops and maintains partnerships with social work-related community organizations.
• Conducts individual and/or group counseling sessions with students and/or parents.
• Facilitates student and teacher learning on issues such as character education, child abuse, suicide,
• safety, alcohol/drug abuse, human relationships, communication skills, peer mediation, teen
• pregnancy, and other mental health/social issues.
• As a member of the county crisis response team, organizes, facilitates, and provides support services to the affected students and school staff during and after a crisis.
• Develops a plan to enhance student learning and participation in school. This may include:

monitoring students with poor attendance--intervening and referring as necessary; functional

behavioral assessment; academic improvement planning; behavior support planning; and individual education planning.

• Solicits feedback to build, maintain, and improve student, parent and community partnerships.
• Assists students and their families in the resolution of behavioral, emotional and social needs through school and community resources and referrals.
• Consults with faculty, administrators, physicians, psychiatrists, mental health professionals, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and local, state, and federal social service agencies to address student problems for highest student achievement.
• Participates in staffing assessment for placing students in appropriate educational programs.
• Coordinates with staff to refer students who exhibit at risk behaviors for dropping out of school to dropout prevention programs.
• Assist the school in following district policy for excessive absences and truancy; attend student support team meetings and court intervention.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Master’s degree in social work, school counseling, or school psychology

2 years of previous experience with children and/or families in urban communities highly preferred

Mississippi LMSW, LPC, school psychologist or school counselor credential required.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Interested individuals who meet minimum requirements should apply online at www.masd.k12.ms.us

Questions concerning this vacancy announcement should be directed to:

Dr. Sametra Brown, Director of Talent Management

Mississippi Achievement School District 

662-746-2125

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by phone.               

 ***The Mississippi Achievement School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer***