Social Worker
North Cook Intermediate Service Center & Regional Office of Education
Des Plaines, Illinois
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$65,000–$77,000
LOCATION
Des Plaines, Illinois
POSTED
30+ days ago
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.
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