Coordinator of Social Work

Qualifications:

1. Alabama licensed social worker
2. Master’s degree in social work from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
3. Minimum of three years experience as a school social worker
4. Valid Alabama driver’s license
5. Provide own or have access to appropriate transportation to meet job requirements.

FLSA status:

Exempt

Supervisor:

Executive Director for General Administration

Supervises:

Secretary, Social Work

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

1. Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills in group settings.
2. Effective written and oral communication skills.
3. Ability to organize, maintain, and report data and information related to health and social services.
4. Experience in supervision of licensed social workers.
5. Knowledge of Board policies and procedures.
6. Knowledge of school system functions, departments, personnel, and schools necessary for the efficient and effective processing of communications.
7. Physical and emotional ability and dexterity to perform required work and move about as needed in a fast-paced, high-intensive work environment.

Job goal:

To act as a liaison between school, home, and community to provide prevention, assessment, intervention, and support services to enhance academic, social, and emotional success.

Essential functions:

1. Assists in counseling students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical handicap or condition indicates need for assistance.
2. Works with the school counselor and other appropriate personnel to enhance social development of individual members and provides peer support in areas such as grief, stress, or chemical dependency.
3. Conducts home visits and demonstrate ability to deal with confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner.
4. Helps students to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self, personal problems, and the student’s part in creating them.
5. Provides in-service training for social workers and other staff members.
6. Arranges for medical, psychiatric and other tests and examinations that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
7. Coordinates crisis prevention/intervention activities for the school district.
8. Serves on the District Support Team.
9. Serves on Elementary Alternative Staffing Committee.
10. Program contact for the Alabama Medicaid Administrative Outreach program
11. Accesses the needs annually of community/school social services for the following year and surveys the community in order to provide an evaluation of such services as have been performed by the school social worker during the previous year.
12. Project Director for a three (3) year grant, Kids Involved in Structured Support (K.I.S.S.).
13. Assist building level administrators with the supervision of social workers
14. Serve as field instructor for social work interns.
15. Represents Tuscaloosa City Schools on the following boards/committees:
    • Children’s Policy Council
    • Child Death Review Team
    • Multi-disciplinary Team- Children’s Center
    • Stillman College Work First Committee
    • Community Mental Health Task Force
    • Tuscaloosa Alternative Education Task Force
    • Department of Human Resources Quality Assurance Review
    • Foster Family Support Team
    • Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
16. Adheres to rules and regulations of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and school board policy.
17. Compile records and prepare reports as required.
18. Assumes other reasonable and equitable job-related duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Terms of employment:

The terms of employment shall be in accordance with provisions of the Board’s Policy Manual, Alabama Teacher Tenure Act, Fair Dismissal Act of Alabama and the Board’s Salary Schedule – Coordinators for General Administration.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Source: Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date: May 31, 2002