Social Worker-11M

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides services to students and families to help students attain maximum benefits from their educational programs.  Collaborates with the educational team, parents, and community agencies to facilitate the students' academic, emotional, and social potential.  Works toward enhancing and fostering positive relations between the school, community, and parents.

ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES

• Develops and implements direct intervention strategies for students, teachers, and families to resolve stressors and remove barriers that interfere with student success.
• Mobilizes and coordinates community resources for students and families to address academic, behavioral, emotional, and social needs.
• Assesses needs and counsels students and families individually, in groups, or during home visits regarding needed social, emotional, or developmental adjustments.
• Develops and creates strategies for parents, teachers, and students on instructional and behavioral issues.
• Develops and builds community agency partnerships with service providers to expand resources available to students and families.

ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES CONTINUED

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Microsoft Office
• Office equipment (e.g., computer, copier)
• Licensed as a social worker (LMSW-requires Master’s Degree), or
• Provisional LMSW-requires Bachelor’s degree

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work; Master’s Degree preferred

Experience

3 to 5 years

Other Requirements

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
No supervisory or direct people management responsibilities. May provide occasional work guidance, technical advice and training to staff.

WORK COMPLEXITY/INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT
Work involves the application of moderately complex procedures and tasks that are quite varied. Independent judgment is often required to select and apply the most appropriate of available resources. Ongoing supervision is provided on an "as needed" basis.

BUDGET AUTHORITY
No budget development activity is required.

PROBLEM SOLVING
Decisions are made on both routine and non-routine matters with some latitude, but are still subject to approval. Job is occasionally expected to recommend new solutions to problems and improve existing methods or generate new ideas.

IMPACT OF DECISIONS
Decisions have minor, small and possibly incremental impact on the department or facility. Errors are usually discovered in succeeding operations where most of the work is verified or checked and is normally confined to a single department or phase of the organizational activities resulting in brief inconvenience.

COMMUNICATION/INTERACTIONS
Information sharing - gives and receives information such as options, technical direction, instructions and reporting results. Interactions are mostly with customers, own supervisor and coworkers in own and other departments.

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
Regularly assesses and diffuses complex, and escalated customer issues. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for solving systemic customer service problems. Regularly explores alternative and creative solutions to meeting the needs of the customer within HISD's policies and guidelines.

WORKING/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Work involves some exposure to moderate risk of accident and requires following basic safety precautions.
Ability to carry and/or lift up to 44 pounds.