Social Worker Job at Isaac School District in Phoenix

Position Type:
Student Support Services/Social Worker

Date Posted:
5/1/2025

Location:
All Sites

Date Available:
2025-2026 School Year SOCIAL WORKER

LOCATION: Multiple Sites

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Possess a Master or advanced degree in Social Work
2. Arizona State Department of Education School Social Worker Certification
3. Experience in multicultural-multilingual school setting is preferred
4. Knowledge of community resources within the district boundaries is preferred
5. Social Work experience is preferred

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates preventative and intervention services.
• Keeps sufficient records of cases in compliance with FERPA and state requirements for use by school staff members and outside agencies when appropriate.
• Provides social work case management to students and families within the context of cultural understanding and competence.
• Consults with parents and other stakeholders to increase access to appropriate resources and services available to minimize risk factors.
• Identifies and mobilizes a continuum of resources to meet the school community's needs
• Serves as a liaison between home and school when considerable follow-up is necessary with community agencies.
• Makes home visits, in consultation with site administrators, to extend support to students and families
• Fosters and maintains positive work relations with community partners.
• Serves as liaison with such outside agencies as DCS and Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Department as it relates to mandatory reporting and ISD's district truancy diversion program (C.U.T.S.)
• Maintains working knowledge of local, state, and federal laws pursuant to serving children experiencing homelessness and foster care placements to maximize educational rights.
• Conducts multi-tiered school needs assessment for individual students, groups of students, and school-wide support to improve the social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes of students.
• Assists students directly toward adjustment to school including, but not limited to, small group counseling, one-to-one support, and classroom visits.
• Provides programs and direct services that foster social and emotional competence.
• Provides support when responding to self-harm, crisis and threat assessment procedures.
• Participates in monthly School Safety Assessment Prevention Team meetings and other team meetings or committees.
• Adheres to the NASW Code of Ethics and SSWAA ethical guidelines
• Advocates for policies, programs, and services that respect diversity, address individual needs, and support the inherent dignity and worth of all students, families, and school personnel
• Other duties as assigned.

SALARY: Certified Salary Schedule
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 9 mos.
CLOSING DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Dependent Upon Grant Funding