School Social Worker

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. EDUCATION CENTER ACADEMY

TITLE OF POSITION: SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. Experience with children in a school setting. Criminal Background Check (ICHAT) Child Abuse Clearance Health Appraisal TB Test

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • To provide social services and assistance as to improve the social, emotional, and psychological functioning of children and their families. • To maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children through such services. • To address such problems as misbehavior, truancy, academic failure, etc. • To serve as a support to teachers on how to deal with problem children and parents. • Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems, to determine what services are required to meet their needs. • Counsel students and parents regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, and/or medical care. • Maintain case history records and prepare reports. • Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services. • Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions. • Counsel parents with child-rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required. • Arrange for medical, psychiatric, psychological, and other tests that may disclose difficulties in child learning and parental functioning and indicate remedial measures. • Lead group counseling sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, or chemical dependency. To conduct the following: • Monitor student-teacher relationships. • Attend Child Study Team Meetings. • Contact appropriate social service agencies. • Active in parent-teacher conferences • Student Council Activities. • Career Day activities.

Salary Range • Full-time; salary range $42,000-$52,000 • Salary commensurate with experience

Please send CV with contact information for three references to Dr. Constance Price, PhD. Please contact Dr. Price at (313)204-5502 or cprice6360@aol.com for more information.