About Us:21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
REPORTS TO/TERM:
Principal and GEO Administration
This is a Full Time / 10-month position
QUALIFICATIONS
A Master’s Degree in Social Work preferred
Valid Indiana Social Work License is required
3-5 years’ experience in an urban school environment
Essential Key Functions:
A Social Worker performs the following duties:
Collaborate with Principals, Dean of Students, High School Counselor, SPED, Nurse and School Leadership Team to provide Social Services to students
Collaborate on Behavior Intervention Plans
Train school staff in drug, violence, trafficking, and trauma responsive practices
Implement drug and violence prevention programs
Maintain case files and report to track student progress and problems
Collaborate on functional behavior assessments
Assist in conducting threat assessments
Educate students and school staff about bullying and harassment prevention
Implement programs that support dropout prevention and re-entry
Implement child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs
Provide social emotional learning regarding interventions that build resilience, self -control, empathy, persistence, and other social and behavioral skills
Provide individual and group counseling to students
Attend IEP conferences as necessary
Attend all required staff meetings
Work as a team member
Behavior Intervention Suggestions
Follow all school policies
Dress professionally