School Social Worker - Quality Placement Authority

School Social Workers need for the new school year recent grads welcome!!!!

School Social Workers plays a critical role in schools and educational settings. Social Workers working within school system provide services to students to enhance their emotional well-being and improve their academic performance. School social Workers are often called on to help students, families and teachers address such as truancy, social withdrawal, overaggressive behavior, rebelliousness, and emotional or economic problems.

· Conducting bio-psychosocial assessments and social histories

· Support systems, physical and emotional functioning, barriers to academic performance, peer issues, suicidal/homicidal ideation, and similar issues

· Developing and implementing treatment plans and discharge plans that support student self-determination

· Providing direct therapeutic services such as individual, family or group therapy regarding specific issues

· Providing crisis management services, including assessing for safety

· Advocating for student services and students’ best interests

· Providing case management services including, but not limited to, referrals to community resources, collaboration with other professionals

· Providing trainings and workshops to teachers, school staff and parents

· Identifying and resolving ethical issues

· Managing and supervising staff

· Contributing to a multidisciplinary treatment team

Masters Degree in Social Work with a PELor LSW