School Social Worker/Behavioralist ABA Specialist

3 hours ago

Kingston, New York, United States The Children's Home of Kingston Full time
School Social Worker/Behavioralist ABA Position Summary:

The School Social Worker/Behavioralist ABA will work in conjunction with the school Assistant Principal and the Licensed Social Worker to provide individual, group, and family therapy to children and their families or caregivers within the Grove Street Academy. Effective communication with family, community members, and social services liaisons is a vital part of this position.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide psychiatric support and therapy to students and their caregivers, documenting according to agency and professional standards.
  • Deliver individual counseling and treatment, trauma-informed counseling and treatment, family and group counseling, and transitional counseling.
  • Structure interventions to decrease problem behavior and increase positive behavior.
  • Establish treatment goals for children, utilizing historical and current available information in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Assist children and youth to develop skills as defined in treatment goals.
  • Promote integration with community resources and skill-building, assist in providing community resources to families in need.
  • Function as a team member, communicating effectively and consistently with family, case planning staff, and medical practitioners.
  • Provide psychoeducation and wellness education.
  • Enhance compliance with behavioral expectations.
  • Utilize interventions drawn from evidence-based psychotherapeutic methodology.
  • Demonstrate competence in dealing with children and families from diverse backgrounds. Conduct workshops for parents.
  • Make needed referrals for health and professional services and access to public benefits.
  • Provide workshops and support to school staff to educate them on the issues facing students with mental health matters and the social-emotional needs.
  • Provide services based on the child's IEP (Individual Education Plan).
  • Provide teacher outreach, gathering information about students (also keeping track of which teachers responded and reaching out a second time to those who have not) and for information from teachers for our special education students.
  • Attend weekly counseling department and attendance meetings.
  • Demonstrate working knowledge of:
    • Normative child and adolescent development.
    • Indicators of developmental delay or disability.
    • The effects of trauma, abuse, separation, and loss.
    • Family systems theory as well as family therapy.
    • Human sexual development and behavior.
    • Indicators of alcohol or substance abuse.
    • Neglect and family violence.
  • Participate in ongoing professional education.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Essential Skills and Experience:
  • Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently, allowing full communication with agency staff and third-party service providers.
  • Previous experience with the child welfare system, foster care healthcare requirements.
  • Working knowledge of computer accounting systems, spreadsheet, and word processing software (Excel and Word).
  • Possess a valid driver's license with a driving record acceptable to CHK's insurance carrier and possess the ability to drive agency vehicles to other agency sites and places for training purposes.
  • Ability to use sound judgment while following agency policies, practices, and procedures.

Education, Training, & Experience:
  • Licensed Master's Level Social Worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor.
  • School Social Worker Certification Preferred.
  • Minimum 3-5 years of previous clinical experience preferred.
  • Previous experience in medical or mental health field preferred.
  • Bilingual Spanish & English a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform all essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.


Employees will regularly be required to stand; walk; sit; use hands (or hands and arms) to carry, finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; crouch, and kneel. Employees will also be regularly required to hear (with or without hearing devices), see (with or without corrective lenses), and speak.

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