Position: Title I Social Worker

Supervisor: Director of Federal Programs

Salary and work year according to current schedule

General Job Description: Assess the needs of Title I students and their families who have been identified as being at risk for academic failure due to poor attendance. Provide interventions that are client centered, family focused, and culturally competent to increase school attendance and improve academic grades.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Demonstrate appropriate skills in working with parents and families.
2. Demonstrate a broad base of knowledge and training in the area of social work to enable him/her to effectively perform job responsibilities.
3. Demonstrate effective organizational skills.
4. Demonstrate the appropriate effective behavior in performing job tasks.
5. Follow policies and administrative rules and regulations as specified in the Board Policy Manual.
6. Assist in the collection of evaluation data (i.e. observation, interview, informal assessment) to assist the multi-disciplinary team in identifying individual needs and appropriate services.
7. Work effectively with Title 1 Staff and Principals.
8. Provide assistance with individualized program materials.
9. Serve as a member of the Student Assistance Team and student staffing when requested.
10. Participate in in-service training programs.
11. Complete required reports in a timely manner as requested.
12. Gain information from agency clients and/or applicants for services to determine their service needs and/or the availability of suitable resources.
13. Aid individuals or groups in identifying and making use of resources and services which are available to resolve everyday problems (e.g., employment, housing, health care, child care, financial assistance problems, etc.).
14. Collect factual information and data for use in conducting social services research, including but not limited to working with the community to identify unsettled service needs.
15. Serve all at risk students including but not limited to:
?Migrant
?McKinney Vento
?English Learners
?Chronic Absentee
?Neglected and Delinquent
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Familiar with Title 1 rules and guidelines.
3. Maintain contact with community agencies that provide life essential services not available through DPS. Referrals provided to clients and their families to these agencies when necessary.
4. Serve as an advocate for the students and families included in the Title I program of Deming Public School System.
5. Be familiar with social work laws and professional code of ethics.
6. Perform any other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or Superintendent.
Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.
Qualifications:
1. Master’s license degree in Social Work.
2. Youth Mental Health First Aid USA and Mental Health First Aid USA certifications.
3. Current First Aid / CPR certification
4. CPI (Crisis Prevention) trained
5. Notary Public of the State of New Mexico
Machines, Tools, and Equipment
Must know how to properly operate, or be willing to learn to operate, multi-media equipment including current technology as needed. (Various machines and equipment including but not limited to computer, iPad, printer, scanner, copier, etc.)
Safety and Health
Knowledge of universal hygiene precaution (blood borne pathogens, body fluids, etc.)
Worker Traits and Aptitudes
?Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions;
?Motor coordination required: eyes, hands, and finger coordination when operating machines and equipment essential to the job.
?Manual and finger dexterity required for operating machines and equipment precisely.
?Adaptability to perform required tasks in a complex office operation with multiple demands from several sources.
Physical Requirements
Walking, standing, sitting, bending, kneeling and squatting, climbing stairs, speaking and listening, reaching with hands and arms, having full mobility of fingers/hands to finger, handle or feel, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus, carrying, lifting, and moving up to 25 pounds and/or moving light furniture may be required.
Reasonable (ADA) accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions if mutually agreed on and if those accommodations do not create an undue hardship upon the district.
Working Conditions
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
1. Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions.
2. Some districtwide and statewide travel.
3. Occasional and prolonged and irregular working hours.
Work Environment
Must be able to work within various degrees of noise and temperature. Interruptions of work are routine. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignments without direct supervision. After hour work may be required. May make site visits as needed. May work under stressful conditions on occasion.
Terms of Employment
Salary and work year according to current schedule
Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board of Education’s policy on evaluation of certified personnel.
June 2019