Social Work Assistant

6 days ago


Syracuse, New York, United States Syracuse City School District Full time
About Our District

The Syracuse City School District is embarking on a transformative journey to ensure all students graduate high school with the skills needed to succeed in college and career. Our district represents 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs, serving 19,000+ students Pre-K-12, with 77% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% served by the Office of Special Education, and 78% students of color.

Job Description

The School Social Worker Assistant plays a vital role in preventing, assessing, evaluating, and implementing plans to address the mental, social, emotional, behavioral, and developmental conditions and disabilities experienced by students and families within our school communities. This position requires a flexible work schedule, as it involves working with families and community-based agencies to provide and/or coordinate comprehensive services for students and families.

Key Responsibilities
  • Link students and families with school and community resources
  • Attend parent-teacher conferences as needed
  • Assist in school-wide attendance initiatives and report on collected data
  • Make home visits as needed
  • Encourage families to effectively participate in their child's education
  • Help families understand school policies, services, and programs
  • Provide crisis intervention
  • Refer child protective cases and make referrals to mental health agencies
  • Provide classroom discussions and presentations
  • Collaborate with school teams to develop and monitor individualized education program (IEP) goals, functional behavioral assessments, and behavior plans
  • Actively participate in various meetings with families, school teams, and multiple agencies as needed
  • Facilitate student intervention team meetings and review data collected at regular intervals
  • District crisis team member
  • Collaborate with all school personnel to assess students' social/emotional obstacles to academic success
  • Consult with therapists, doctors, parents, child protective, law guardians, family court
  • Develop/facilitate/coordinate prevention activities and intervention strategies that include non-violence services, programs, and training
  • Familiar with DASA - Dignity For All Act, and collaborates with various parties to report or investigate concerns
  • Work collaboratively with college/university partners on district initiatives
  • Assist the school social worker and other related service providers
Working Hours and Location

This position will work 35 hours per week, 10 months per year. The work location is Roberts PreK-8 School with the Office of Engagement Services.

Salary and Requirements

The current new hire salary for this position is $41,200 annually, per the Unit 8 contractual agreement. In order to be considered, all candidates must be on the current Onondaga County Civil Service eligibility list for this title and be reachable on the list. The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check, at the cost of $102.50 to the candidate.



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