Position: Social Worker
This position is a limited-time position funded by Family Income Index until school year 2023, with a potential extension until 2024 pending additional funding if available.
Disclaimer: Funds for this position are expected to be available up to the end of the 2023-2024 school year. In addition to other specified conditions of employment, the applicant understands that no guarantee of continued employment, beyond the availability of the funds, is expressed or implied by Deming Public Schools.
Supervisor: Principal – Ruben S. Torres Elementary
General Job Description:
Provides direct and indirect social work services to students and/or their families to support the social and emotional well-being students in order to remove barriers which may be interfering with their academic performance.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
- Valid Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) from NM Board of Social Work Examiners
- Eligible for Licensure by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in social work from a regionally accredited college or university.
- At least two-years of experience working with children and families with social or emotional needs.
- Demonstrated skill and ability in delivering behavioral support services and social work services within the framework of established laws, school policies, procedures, and priorities.
- Current First Aid / CPR certification
- CPI (Crisis Prevention) trained
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The school social worker shall demonstrate professional knowledge and skills in dealing with social phenomena as they relate to students' functioning and achievement in school.
The school social worker shall establish basic case management procedures for effective social work intervention.
The school social worker shall structure the method of social intervention by appropriate planning and preparation.
The school social worker shall employ appropriate methods of practice which enables students and families to function adequately within their educational and community settings.
The school social worker shall demonstrate a professional and helpful demeanor in relationships with students, parents, and school personnel.
The school social worker shall utilize appropriate methods to continuously evaluate the student's services.
The School Social Worker complies with the approved Code of Ethics and Standards for School Social Work Services of the National Association of Social Workers.
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.
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:
- Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions.
- Some districtwide and statewide travel.
- 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 calendar/schedule
EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with administrative procedures and established contractual protocols.
Revised September 2021 |