Associate School Social Worker

ASSOCIATE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Clinical Social Worker License Preferred

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Social Work or related field

• Two years of successful experience in school, community, children services or mental health environment

• Experience providing individual and family case management including working collaboratively with outside agencies

• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based best practices in school social work to promote behavioral, social, emotional health for academic success and positive school climate

• Ability to work effectively with staff, students, and public; skill accuracy in oral and written expression

• Valid California driver's license and personal car for use on district business

REPORTS TO: Administrator as assigned

FUNCTION: To address social, mental, behavioral, and environmental barriers of students and families that inhibit school attendance, academic learning, and safe school environment by performing assessments, case management, individual and group therapy, anticipatory guidance, education, and preventative management strategies for social factors.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides comprehensive, holistic, behavioral, social, emotional and mental health history and assessments according to established protocols based on current best practices of the National Association of Social Workers

• Collaborates and consults as part of a multidisciplinary team with parents, school staff, School Attendance Review Board, and other district professionals to assure timely access to needed services, mental health, or other specialties so as to improve student attendance and academics; explores and assists in addressing behavioral, social, emotional and mental health related attendance problems.

• Conducts assessments of students, families and systems/organizations (classroom, school, neighborhood, etc.) with the goal of improving student social, emotional, behavioral and academic outcomes

• Understands and uses evidence-informed practices in interventions and service delivery designed to enhance positive education experiences and involve the student, family, other team member, school personnel, and community resources

• Provides support to apply intervention in a multi-tier framework and address the ecologies (i.e. Home, school, community) most relevant to the problem being addressed

• Provides case management for students and their families including home visits; provides individual and group therapy in various locations including the home

• Participates in meetings with district staff and outside agencies as necessary to coordinate comprehensive health services for individuals

• Utilizes data to guide service delivery and to evaluate their practice regularly to improve and expand services; provides accurate, timely and complete electronic documentation; maintains records and prepares behavioral, social, emotional and mental health related reports

• Provides education, training and information regarding district behavioral, social, emotional and mental health related practices, policies, and responsibilities to parents, staff, students, and community members

• Ensures that all services are provided with a culturally responsive understanding

• Models personal and professional values of equity, integrity, caring, collaboration, personal and collective accountability

• May be required to perform other duties as assigned

SALARY: $42.82 - $52.98 per hour, (10 month employees: Salary will be divided into 11 equal monthly checks)

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the District's "Improvement of Professional Services" handbook, Board Policies and Procedures and consistent with collective bargaining agreements when applicable

NEW PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES AND PERMANENT EMPLOYEES WHO BECOME PROBATIONARY UPON RECLASSIFICATION:

A new employee, or a permanent employee who is changed to a new classification, shall serve a probationary period, which shall not exceed one (1) year of duty time exclusive of leaves of absence or other absences. During this probationary period the employee must meet the required standards of performance to be recommended for permanent status in the classification. A probationary classified service employee may be terminated from the probationary classification at any time without cause, without right of appeal or hearing before the Board of Education. Pursuant to Education Code section 45113, a permanent employee who accepts a promotion and fails to complete the probationary period for that promotional position, shall be employed in the classification from which he or she was promoted.

MINIMUM APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

An online application and any documents listed below must be submitted by 8:00 p.m. May 1, 2024.

• Resume

• Two (2) Letters of Recommendation (Dated within 1 year of closing date)

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Social Work or related field

Copies of required certificates, transcripts or diplomas may be submitted with application. District may require that originals be presented for verification prior to employment. Please check with Human Resources regarding acceptable documents. For positions requiring college course work official transcripts will be required upon employment.

It is the applicant's responsibility to meet all application requirements and supply copies of all required documents. A separate set of paperwork is required for each application submitted. All application materials submitted become the property of Bakersfield City School District.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Some positions may require proof of privately owned automobile insurance and the possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle operator's license. Fingerprint clearance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice is a condition of appointment after all other required job conditions have been met. Must present verification of completion of Child Abuse Mandated Reporter training or obtain verification within six (6) weeks of hire and annually thereafter, as required by the California Child Abuse Neglect Reporting Act.

The Bakersfield City School District wishes to thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Positions may be re advertised or application deadlines extended at the discretion of the District. Unless otherwise notified by the District, applications received in response to this bulletin will be considered for available District positions in this classification during the current school year. Those meeting minimum qualifications, including passage of required tests, will remain active during this time. Applicants will not be individually notified of their application status.

Any candidates contacting, directly or indirectly, any member of the Board of Education and/or administration with the intention of influencing their or another candidates selection to any administrative position shall be disqualified without recourse.

The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute a contract expressed or implied and any of the provisions contained herein may be modified or revoked without notice.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education and in employment. BCSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ethnicity or race, which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks, and twists, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identifications, religion, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, physical disability, mental disability, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, medical information, genetic information, homelessness, foster status, military veteran status, political affiliation or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws consistent with Education Code 200, 220 and 234.1, Penal Code 422.55, Government Code 11135, Section 504, and Title IX. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment. If you believe you, or your student, have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should contact your school site principal and/or the District's Chief Equity Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, and Title IX Coordinator, Erin Johnston, by phone at (661) 631-4663, by email at johnstone@bcsd.com, or in person at 1300 Baker Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305. Copies of BCSD's Uniform Complaint policy, Sexual Harassment policy, and Nondiscrimination policies are available upon request.