Title:
Social Worker
Work Unit:
Exceptional Student Services Department/
Assigned School Site(s)
Reports To:
Exceptional Student Services Department Director(s)
Contract Length:
9 month
Pay Schedule:
Ancillary
Overtime Status:
Exempt
Hours:
7 hours per day
Union Status:
NEA
Licensure:
NMPED Social Worker

Note: All positions with Santa Fe Public Schools require a post-offer/pre-employment background check. Some positions have additional requirements as established by federal or state rules and regulations.

General Function:
The school social worker is truly an instructional support provider who works in collaboration with school staff to provide support and services to students with a focus on social-emotional well-being and academic performance. Employs appropriate methods of practice that enable students and families to function adequately within their educational and community settings by: providing individual, group, and family counseling to students and families, providing intensive crisis intervention to remedy effects of abuse, neglect,



or exploitation of children, preparing and interpreting social histories or assessments, participating in planning for student transitions to help ensure continuity of services appropriate to the unique needs of individual students leaving school or transferring between programs, helping ensure parents' understanding of decisions, procedures, and meetings affecting their child, helping ensure participation of parents in school conferences which affect their children through home visits, telephone calls, correspondence, and other means, identifying school district and community services appropriate to the needs of students and families, executing referrals, and providing follow-up, and serving as an advocate for parents to ensure that their wishes and concerns regarding their children are registered and considered by school personnel and agencies.

Education/Training/Experience:
Basic minimum requirements are subject to change

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