Borinquen Medical Centers is seeking to hire a full-time MSW for our School Health Program. The MSW will be responsible to promote a healthy school environment that is conducive to student well-being, fosters positive behavior, and supports higher academic achievement. The School Health Program is designed to identify, prevent, or remedy student health problems and to improve access to quality health care and other relevant community supports through delivery of comprehensive services in the schools and appropriate referrals to community care.

Works in collaboration with the Program Coordinator to deliver health care services consistent with the National Association of Social Worker (NASW) standards for school social worker. The SW will be subject to Borinquen Medical Centers of Miami Dade (BMC) Employee and Nursing Policies, following the standards within the MDCPS & TCT protocols.

• Developmental, behavioral, social, emotional health screening and ESE supports, and referral, as needed;

• Perform assessments such as psychosocial/developmental history, adaptive behavior measurements, and classroom observations;

• Prepare individualized assessments and incorporate parents’, students’, and teachers’ perspectives and performance objectives into final assessments;

• Implement interventions aimed at improving students’ behavioral health, social-emotional development, and academic achievement;

• Provide individual, group and family counseling to address targeted problems interfering with students’ functioning and well-being;

• Identify obstacles to success while building on strengths and resiliencies.

• Offer the opportunity to explore different ways of understanding and perceiving the environment and facilitate effective ways of coping;

• Assist schools in creating and maintain a safe school environment that promotes learning and the development of cognitive, academic, emotional, and social growth among students;

• Participate in reducing risk of vulnerable students by promoting awareness, responding to crises and assisting schools in reinstating a state of functional safety and security.

• Referral and connection of families to needed community services and resources, including other programs funded by the Children’s Trust

• Health education concerning identified risk factors and behavioral changes to reduce risks;

• Providing preventative health services and if applicable supporting the primary health care provider.

• When applicable to provide recommendations for environmental/social changes to their supervisor.

• Collect, analyze, and document comprehensive data and maintain data including information on follow-ups, referrals, monthly reports and other appropriate records;

• Promote measures and programs to ensure a safe environment;

• Adheres to the practice of confidentiality and HIPAA guidelines including BMC policies and procedures.

• Report child abuse and neglect;

• Consults with the Program Coordinator

• Attend all mandatory Staff, BHCC, TCT, HCN, and other meetings as directed

• Other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor as required

• Adhere to the values and ethics of the social work profession and use professional standards for School Social Work Services and Code of Ethics as guides in decision-making;

• Model professional behaviors that contribute to addressing the needs of students, families, and the school community ;

• Keep abreast of current community resources and determine how these resources may be beneficial to students and their families;

• Have at least one year of professional experience and knowledge of the clinical needs of students enrolled in M-DCPS;

• Be able to comply and maintain all professional licensure requirements;

• Be able to maintain confidentiality of classified agency and client information;

• Have knowledge of the latest principles and practices of the discipline;

• Possess strong oral and written communication skills;

• Ability to work and communicate with diverse groups and individuals;

• Complete successfully the mandated criminal background screening and fingerprinting as required by M-DCPS;

• Have fluency in multiple languages preferred;

• Implement services in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, statutes, and M-DCPS school board policies that relate to students and families;

• Expand and exchange knowledge through consultation with other colleagues;

• Must provide services consistent with the National Association of Social Worker (NASW) standards for school social work services

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Short Term Disability

• Company paid long term disability

• Life insurance

• 401K Plan

• Standard Paid Holiday's

• Sick Time

• Amazing Team &Atmosphere