Henrico

• Conducts assessments of students experiencing academic and social adjustment problems in compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations for special education services;
• Completes social evaluations, attendance reports, and other assessments in compliance with mandated timelines;
• Collaborates with teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to provide effective instruction and support to marginally performing or high-risk students;
• Provides research-based strategies, intervention and progress monitoring to address academic and behavioral needs of students;
• Performs structured observations of students in both the school and home settings to resolve problems with learning, behavior, and/or attendance;
• Consults with teachers to help them to better understand and work with individual students from diverse populations;
• Completes student risk assessments;
• Serves as member of school-based child find and special education eligibility committees and on crisis intervention and student intervention teams;
• Provides school-based mental health services for students that includes evidenced-based interventions and practices; individual and/or group counseling for students including crisis intervention services that include grief counseling for students and adults as well as debriefing for school staff;
• Coordinates school and community services on behalf of students and their families;
• Works to resolve school attendance problems and to affect student and parent compliance with the compulsory attendance statute of Virginia;
• Makes referrals to the truancy interagency committee and the court system;
• Assists administrators in resolving questions of legal residency for school attendance;
• Conducts a variety of parent education activities geared to supporting and strengthening the school-parent relationship;
• Plans, develops and implements professional development training for administration and staff;
• Provides supervision of school social worker graduate and B.S.W.interns as assigned;
• Acts as a school liaison between schools and community agencies/professionals serving students and their families;
• Performs other duties as assigned. 
• Regular attendance is required.

This position works 11 months / 239 days per year.

Annual salary will be prorated based upon actual work begin date.

Henrico County Schools reserves the right to begin screening applications and make a selection at any time during the posting period. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as positions may be filled prior to the posted closing date.

Must be knowledgeable of the principles and methodologies of school social work and human services delivery and administration, human development and family dynamics, intervention techniques, learning theory and school organization.

Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia Department of Education license as a School Social Worker. A master’s degree in social work is required to be eligible for a VDOE license.  LCSW is preferred. Must hold a valid Virginia driver’s license.

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
• Tuberculosis Screening/Test

For information about our benefits, visit our website: https://www.henricoschools.us/page/employee-benefits