Description:
This is a full-time social worker position working at Hilltop Elementary School.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a liaison between families and the school to positively promote collaborative processes in education planning for students by encouraging parent/guardian participation in the school setting.
- Provide small group sessions to students based on needs determined at the building level.
- Collaborate with school staff and other school system personnel in implementing strategies to promote student learning.
- Participate as a member of the IEP and other school-based teams to develop interventions for promoting students’ academic success as requested.
- Serve on both school-based and system-wide committees to address educational issues, adjustment problems, safety issues, and program development for students as requested.
- Provide crisis intervention.
- Provide staff consultation on behavioral/emotional/environmental issues affecting student participation in the learning process.
- Conduct staff development on issues related to social/emotional/environmental factors that impact learning.
- Conduct classroom meetings, social skills groups, and classroom presentations on identified areas of concern for the students.
- Maintain required records and submit appropriate documents for statistical reports.
- Conduct home visits related to establishing communication and positive connections between the parent/guardian and school setting around identified issues as requested.
- Serve as a liaison with community agencies and assist in fostering communication between schools, parents/guardians, and community leaders.
- Attend local collaborative and additional meetings and professional development activities, including specific parent-teacher conferences as requested.
- Collaborate with other providers to problem-solve solutions regarding student-family issues.
- Link families to appropriate mental health providers and other community resources.
- All other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Inver Grove Heights Community Schools is an equal opportunity employer and supports an inclusive workplace environment.