Teacher - Science At Cherokee Heights Elementary For 2023-2024 Sy

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (Master's Degree in Social Work strongly preferred), a current Minnesota Board of Social Work License and a valid School Social Work License, issued by the Minnesota Department of Education.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the District¿s Strong Schools, Strong Communities efforts by partnering with other staff to contribute to student achievement and the alignment and sustainability of resources.
• Attend and participate in individual, group and all social work staff supervision meetings, as well as, District mandated training as assigned.
• The essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties. The actual duties performed will depend on the type of position (i.e. parent-infant, inclusion, etc.):
• When serving students in Special Education, engage in proper due process procedures.
• Assess student functioning, both formally and informally, incorporating data from multiple sources across settings.
• Uphold the ethical standards of the Social Work profession.
• Identify, mobilize and coordinate family, school and community resources to enable children to receive maximum benefit from their educational program.
• Provide crisis intervention services for students.
• Provide consultation to school personnel regarding home, neighborhood and community conditions affecting student well being.
• Facilitate problem-solving meetings between families and the school.
• Assist in resolving truancy concerns.
• Consult and collaborate with community agencies and other mental health professionals to coordinate services.
• Consult with parents, teachers, and administrators to develop intervention strategies to enhance school success.
• Provide appropriate social work services to individuals and groups and their families.
• Serve as the school contact person for students who are homeless.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams.
• Serve as a resource to school staff regarding identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect.
• Perform other related duties as assigned which may include program development, supervision of teaching assistants, management of programs for emotionally and behaviorally disordered students and resource development for students.
• Maintain records in a manner consistent with District practices.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns.
• Knowledge of positive behavioral interventions.
• Knowledge of community resources and social services.
• Ability to work efficiently, effectively and cooperatively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to provide competent social work services, crisis intervention, and referral services to students and other persons of diverse cultural, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Knowledge of group counseling techniques with children and/or youth.
• Ability to conduct formal and informal assessments consistent with school-based practice.

Essential Functions

Essential functions are functions that the individual holding the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation through the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disability Amendments Act (ADAAA). The essential functions are typical duties as outline under Responsibilities.

Regular and reliable attendance.

Maybe exposed to various cleaning products.

Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule

This is a 10 month position working 40 hours per week.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Teachers negotiated labor agreement. The labor agreement and salary schedule can be found at https://www.spps.org/Page/33566.

Benefits are available to new employees after 30 days of active employment. Benefits include medical insurance, life insurance, sick leave, pension plan, tax-free retirement account, and flexible spending account. Some employee groups also receive vacation, dental insurance and disability insurance. A benefits summary is available at https://www.spps.org/Domain/13220.

How To Apply

To be considered further, please apply for this position and attach a resume and cover letter to your online application.

The Human Resource Department will review your application materials and contact you regarding the next steps.

To attach additional documents to your online application, click on the "Additional Attachments" link from the applicant homepage and upload your documents as attachments. Valid file extensions for attaching a document include .doc, .txt, .rtf, and .pdf.