Job Title: Licensed Social Worker/ LPC

Salary: Consistent with Act 93 Agreement

Reports to: Supervisor of Mental Health Programs

Hours: Contractual hours: 7:45 am – 3:15 pm (not to exceed 40 hours) 185 days

Building: As assigned by Supervisor

Job Category: Act 93

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

The Licensed Social Worker/LPC will provide direct and indirect social work services to students experiencing social, emotional and/or behavioral problems that interfere with their performance in school, and will facilitate communication among school, home and community providers.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist students with mental health and/or learning problems such as attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, or social problems, including victimization of domestic or sexual abuse.
Intervene and offer immediate guidance to students who disrupt classroom activities or show violent behavior toward teachers and/or toward other students.
Assist teachers and parents in developing and implementing behavior management plans to remediate problem behaviors across settings.
Assist students to improve their academic, personal, and social functioning.
Provide social skills, anger management, stress reduction or other similar instruction to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
Provides short-term individual and group counseling to students who are experiencing social/emotional/behavioral problems that interfere with their learning or the ability of others to learn.
Assist students with social and learning challenges, and help students develop and reinforce correct behavior through systematic positive behavior reinforcement.
Establish prevention programs and crisis intervention plans to help these students.
Assist in the creation and modification of individualized behavior support/intervention plans
Maintain documentation for purposes of monitoring student progress.
Maintain a schedule for direct work with students. Submit billable hours via ACCESS.
Support parent training, as a part of a team, to facilitate the use of appropriate supportive strategies within the home and community settings.
Maintain regular communication with parents, teachers, and administrators to share information about students.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDE:

Possess strong leadership skills
Effective oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with all levels of employees on various collaborative manners
Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to do so independently while maintaining a high degree of focus
Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask in a demanding work environment
Ability to utilize computers and necessary programs

REQUIREMENTS:

PA Licensed Social Worker Certification/ PA Licensed LCP Certification
Qualified to work within a K-12 setting
3-5 years working within an educational setting with a focus on social-emotional behavioral supports (preferred)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Ability to reach above and below the waist
Ability to use fingers to pick up, feel, or grasp objects
Some stooping, bending, and twisting of the body required
Ability to lift and carry supplies and papers weighing more than 50 lbs.
Ability to sit, stand, walk and move throughout the building often for extended periods of the work day
Must pass a physical

SENSORY ABILITY:

Visual Acuity
Auditory Acuity