Summer School Social Worker
Reports To: Summer School Principals Location: Deerfield High School Deadline: March 1, 2025 Term: Term 1 Schedule: June 8-25, 2026
Week 1: Monday, June 8-Thursday, June 11 Week 2: Monday, June 15-Thursday, June 18 Week 3: Monday, June 22-Thursday, June 25
Salary: One term: $4,165.44
Summary: The Summer School Social Worker helps children and youth succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. They collaborate with educators, parents, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive environments for all students that strengthen connections between home and school.
Qualifications:
• Masters degree or higher in social work, required • Professional Educator License with a School Social Worker endorsement • Certification registered with Lake County ROE • Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred
Essential Functions:
The criteria indicated below are intended to describe various types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.
• Provide individual and group counseling to support students' social, emotional, and behavioral well-being. • Collaborate with teachers, administrators, parents, and community professionals to promote student success. • Educate staff and families on effective strategies for managing student behavior at school and at home. • Engage in activities to prevent and manage crises, including those related to substance abuse or trauma. • Use sound judgment, problem-solving skills, and reasoning to address daily school-based situations. • Possess and apply working knowledge of federal and state special education regulations. • Maintain confidentiality of student, family, and staff information in accordance with district policies and laws. • Ensure compliance with IDEA, Section 504, FERPA, mandated reporting requirements, and other federal or state mandates. • Participate in threat assessment or crisis response teams and support school-wide preparedness and recovery efforts. • Collaborate with staff to develop and implement effective plans addressing behavioral and social-emotional concerns. • Assist others in understanding child development and its impact on learning and behavior. • Conduct Risk Assessments and design behavioral or social-emotional interventions to address identified needs. • Support students and families during crises such as grief, illness, or community trauma. • Facilitate the development of student skills in areas such as social interaction, executive functioning, and anger management. • Contribute to universal (Tier 1), targeted (Tier 2), and intensive (Tier 3) intervention efforts. • Collaborate with teams to design and implement programs for students at risk of school failure. • Promote equity and inclusion through culturally responsive practices. • Partner with school staff and community agencies to improve social-emotional health and strengthen family engagement. • Perform other duties as assigned by summer school administrators.
Language Skills:
• Communicates clearly both in oral and written format with all constituents of the District 113 community. • Effectively present information and respond to questions from constituency groups. • Apply knowledge of current research and theory in a specific field. • Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with students, staff, and the school community. • Perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
Mathematical and Technical Skills:
• Calculate figures, estimates, proportions, percentages, and cost projections. • Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. • Strong technology skills, including standard Microsoft Office suite / Google Workspace, financial management, and data analysis.
Reasoning Ability:
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. • Interpret an extensive variety of verbal and written instructions and deal with multiple abstract and concrete variables.
Contacts Outside Your Own Department:
• Build positive and collaborative relationships with constituents of the District 113 community that includes, teachers, school staff, administrative team, Board of Education, guardians, students, and private providers.
Physical and Mental Demands:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, write, type, speak, listen, and taste or smell. • The employee is regularly required to communicate with staff and others. • The employee is frequently required to use hands and/or fingers, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls. • The employee may occasionally be required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach or crawl. • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. • Specific psychological demands of this job include the ability to remain calm under stress levels associated with job demands, along with constant contact with students, colleagues, and the public.
Working Conditions:
• In the work environment, this role is regularly exposed to office environmental conditions. • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with regular exposure to loud classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, or sports venues. • The employee is regularly required to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and staff in addition to meeting multiple demands from several people. • The employee is frequently required to work irregular or extended work hours, which may include evenings or weekends. • As a part of the District workforce, this role is responsible for being aware of, modeling, and contributing to the maintenance and implementation of all District safety policies and procedures. • The role is directly responsible for the safety, well-being, and work output of students. • Required to: • Use good safety awareness and judgment • Follow policies • Report potentially unsafe conditions • Follow manufacturer safety instructions when using equipment • Follow agency ergonomic policies and procedures
Additional Information:
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.