Description: The School Social Worker at North Cook Young Adult Academy (NCYAA), a Regional Safe School serving middle and high school students in an alternative setting, provides case management, counseling, and social-emotional support to students navigating academic, behavioral, and transitional challenges. The Social Worker plays a critical role in fostering students’ well-being, designing systems of support, and facilitating individual and group interventions aligned to students’ evolving needs. See attached job description

Supervisor: Principal - NYCAA

Work Schedule: 185 days

FLSA status: Exempt

Retirement: TRS (With PEL) IMRF (Without PEL)

Essential Duties:

Case Management and Student Support

Provide comprehensive case management for an assigned caseload of students, including the development of individual support plans.
Support students’ emotional transitions from home school districts, therapeutic settings, or other alternative placements into NCYAA.
Conduct intake assessments and participate in re-entry and transition planning.
Maintain regular communication with families, home schools, and partner agencies as appropriate.

Assessment and Goal Setting

Administer baseline and periodic SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) assessments to evaluate student needs.
Collaborate with students, staff, and families to set individualized, measurable social-emotional goals.
Monitor student progress and adjust interventions as needed, documenting updates in student records.

Therapeutic Intervention and Support Systems

Design and lead structured, data-informed student support groups that reflect the changing needs of the student population (e.g., trauma, anger management, grief, self-regulation, peer relationships).
Develop and maintain systems for delivering tiered social-emotional interventions within the school’s MTSS framework.
Provide direct counseling services (individual and group) in response to student-specific needs, behavioral incidents, or crisis events.

Collaboration and Schoolwide Support

Collaborate with teachers, interventionists, administrators, and outside providers to ensure wraparound services and alignment of supports.
Contribute to positive behavioral intervention systems and school climate initiatives.
Participate actively in student support team meetings and other multidisciplinary planning structures.
Serve as a liaison between school, family, and community to connect students with external resources when needed.

Documentation and Compliance

Maintain accurate and timely records in accordance with district policy, state law, and federal guidelines.
Document interventions, progress monitoring, parent communication, and service delivery logs.
Support development and monitoring of student behavior plans, safety plans, and re-entry plans

Benefits Offered include the following:

Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance (PPO, High Deductible, or HMO) 100% premium paid by North Cook for single coverage (no payroll deduction). Dependent coverage is available.
Metlife dental insurance 100% premium paid by North Cook for single coverage (no payroll deduction). Dependent coverage is available.
Participation in the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension system
Life insurance at 1x annual salary + $50,000 AD&D insurance
10 paid sick days per year
2 personal days per year
Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
403b/457b retirement savings plans available