School Social Worker / Elementary School Counselor - Hayat Universal School

Main Responsibilities
1. Provides developmental and supportive counseling services to school students.
2. Consults with teachers and administrators to assist in developing interventions and alternatives to facilitate student’s academic performance and emotional adjustment.
3. Liaison between school and home to ensure appropriate transition of students.
4. Available for crisis counseling at the discretion of the principal.

Main Duties:
1. Counsels individual students to facilitate transition from home to school, to build positive attitudes, self-understanding, and self-reliance.
2. Provides growth support group counseling to improve self confidence, interpersonal skills, help students to acquire problem solving techniques, decision making and coping skills, and behavior management.
3. Consults with teachers and serves as a referral agent.
4. Serves as member/consultant to the school guidance team.
5. Provides family counseling on a limited basis to assist parents in understanding of child development.
6. Interprets the function of the social worker to students, parents, teachers, and the community by participating in school advisory and school staff meetings, community and school related organizations.
7. Organizes and implements parent and teacher training or in-service activities.
8. Acts as co-facilitator with teachers for guidance activities presented in the classroom.
9. Assists the school site principal in dealing with problems related to counseling and guidance.
10. Identify and provide intervention strategies for children and their families, including case management and crisis intervention.
11. Assess student functioning, both formally and informally, in home, school and community, identifying factors that may negatively impact his or her education while also assessing strengths.
12. Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
13. Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
14. Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
15. Conduct social research.
16. Promote consistent school attendance.
17. Actively participate in multidisciplinary teams, and provide consultation to school personnel regarding home, neighborhood and community conditions that may affect student well-being.
18. Maintain functional office area with materials accessible and organized.
19. Prioritize school social work needs and manage time accordingly.
20. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Details

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