COVID 19 VACCINATION REQUIRED

Work Year: 192 days

Bargaining Unit: TTEA

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $48,775-$98,242

• Tigard Tualatin School District pays the 6% employee PERS contribution, upon eligibility.

JOB TITLE: Social Worker REPORTS TO: Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator

FTE: 1.0

POSITION START DATE: August 24, 2023

GENERAL DUTIES SUMMARY:

This position works in partnership with school staff to provide services related to a student’s social, emotional and life adjustment to school and/or society. The school social worker links home, school, and community in providing direct as well as indirect services to students, families, and school personnel to promote and support students’ academic and social success.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES:

No supervisory activities or responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Social Worker works with the problems in a child’s living situation (home, school, and community) that affect the child’s adjustment in school; provides counseling, therapeutic check-ins and skills training for students and families; and mobilizes family, school, and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in their educational program.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The Social Worker works independently following standardized routines under general supervision. The nature of the work requires adherence to policies, procedures, and regulations. This job requires frequent interaction both with students and families who may be in situations of distress and as such requires a high level of professional decorum, excellent judgment and the ability to perform under moderately stressful conditions.

Minimum:

• Master's degree in Social Work
• Current LCSW License, TSPC School Social Worker License, or hold (or be eligible for) a TSPC Restricted School Social Worker License.
• Ability to demonstrate effective skills in group facilitation, organizational dynamics, and consensus building.
• Ability to advocate, model and support implementation of district-level initiatives around racial equity and culturally responsive practices.
• Ability to develop and implement professional development trainings for certified and classified school personnel.
• Ability to travel to school sites to work with students and staff.

Preferred:

• Bilingual in Spanish

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with mental health assessment and treatment for children, youth, and families.
• Experience collaborating with school systems and mental health providers.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Talk and hear
• Stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally climbing or balancing
• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 25 pounds.
• Specific abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and the majority of the work day is spent indoors.

EVALUATION

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J and Tigard Tualatin Education Association.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position’s activities and requirements, the administration reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and assign duties as necessary that still reflect the essential functions of the department.