Position Type:
Student Support Services/Social Worker

Date Posted:
10/21/2020

Location:
Brentwood, Nashua

Date Available:
10/26/20

Closing Date:
06/15/2021

POSITION: Long Term Sub Social Worker (In Person Position)
LOCATION: Brentwood Academy
Starting: 2020-2021 SY
Salary Range: $175.00 Per Day

QUALIFICATION:
NH certification as a Social Worker or elgibility with a (MSW) Masters in Social Work. Demonstrates knowledge, competence and interest in serving culturally disadvantaged families. Demonstrates organizational, human relations, and oral and written communication skills.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Social Worker counsels students to improve social, medical, emotional, physiological needs. Counsels students in personal, confidential, face-to-face situations to understand themselves better, to make appropriate choices and decisions and to resolve conflicts. Provides crises counseling for students (individually or in groups) Interacts with parents/guardians, families and other relatives to facilitate the meeting of students' educational and/or socio-emotional needs and provides mental health and medical outreach for students and their families. Creates a plan for intervention for students with staff or outside parties, in an attempt to have students engage in the learning process.
This position works with the other school staff to develop appropriate in-school support for all students in the building. Assists with support plans as needed .Documents evidence to support court petitions; testifies in court and prepares court documentation as needed on a case by case basis.

This notice should not be construed to imply that this is the exclusive list of job functions associated with this position.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Applicants must apply online at www.nashua.edu and include a letter of interest, resume, official transcripts; graduate and undergraduate, three letters of recommendation, copy of NH certification or letter of eligibility.
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