ROLE OVERVIEW:Social Workers at KIPP North Carolina provide crucial support and services to students. In this role, social workers will work directly with students, teachers, community partners and families to provide individual and group counseling, as well as link families to long-term solutions and external support organizations.Responsibilities of a School Social Worker include, but are not limited to:Service Delivery 35%Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to special education students, general education students, as well as assess student response to the interventions identified.Respond to acute mental health crises and provide appropriate intervention services to students and families. Develop and manage student behavior intervention plans, monitor progress, and provide support and consultation to general and special education teachers to promote implementation.Conducts student and classroom observations to monitor individual student progressProvide on-going consultation to teachers, parents, and other school personnel to support students’ learning, behavioral challenges, and mental health needs.Conduct risk assessments when students present with safety concerns.Act as a team member who supports mental and behavioral health programming at the Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 levels of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)Facilitate Professional Development for staff to spread awareness on social worker's role in the schoolInitiate monthly initiatives at the school and spread awareness to all students and staff
 Workflow Documentation 25%Complete all necessary special education paperwork for special education meetings.Log progress notes with all of the required information about the student’s specific IEP goals, responses to the designated interventions, and plan for upcoming sessions, in a timely manner.Serve as 504 case manager for students with a 504 plan. Complete paperwork, monitor implementation of accommodations, provide behavior support services when applicable, and log notes when applicable. Collects data to track plan fidelity and monitor progress towards goals for IEPs, Tier 3 plans, and BIPs.Manages the Mckinney-Vento Program for the school
 Stakeholder Collaboration 20% Consult and collaborate with school leaders, teachers, and student support team members to offer prevention and intervention strategies to resolve learning and behavioral challenges of students.Conduct classroom observations to observe students and model for teachers how to support students with unique behaviors and mental health disabilitiesSupport stakeholders in understanding the integration of child development, student academics, and social-emotional functioning. Demonstrate a positive, collaborative, problem-solving mindset with students, parents/guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues. Work directly with Community Based Organizations to make referrals for students in need of mental health services. Collaborate with the school team to decrease chronic absenteeism and truancy.  School and Community Support 20% Participate in Attendance meetings and support families who have been identified as Truant by creating a plan to increase student attendanceServe as the school liaison to social service agencies in the surrounding community. Act as the School-Based Homeless Liaison, identifying and supporting families that are in need of permanent housing through completion of referrals and fulfilling identified needs. Participate in mediations, administrative reviews, discipline hearings, and due process proceedings as it relates to students on caseload. Participate in school Open Houses, Parent-Teacher Conferences and other school events engaging parents outside of normal operating hours