Job Description

The Social Worker is responsible to:
Assess social, emotional and educational problems which affect a child's ability to benefit from available educational opportunities.
Maintain supportive relationships with children, parents/carers and teachers, so that help can be given towards the alleviation of problems concerned with school attendance, material difficulties, mental and physical disabilities and behavior.
Assist in establishing good relationships and understanding between school staff, parents and children by interpreting the school situation to the family and vice versa.
Enforce legislation and by-laws relating to school attendance and behavior.
Help improve the links between the school and home, this can involve working closely with parents, teachers, educational psychologists and other services.
Write reports and prepare evidence for MOE and other offices so as that the School role may be efficiently and compassionately fulfilled.
Job Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Social Work related discipline
Strong oral and written communications skills, including the ability to clearly communicate about social working and results in non-technical language.
Minimum two years teaching experience using the US Common Core Curriculum
Two years of experience as Social Worker in a school.
Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.