KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Description

Job Title:         Social Worker – Early Childhood Exceptional Education                               

JTC:                    01575

Salary Grade:   J61 $24.15 -37.43

Department:     Exceptional Education       

Reports To:       Director of Exceptional Education  

FLSA Status:     Non-exempt

Date Prepared:  April 2015             

PURPOSE OF JOB: The Early Childhood Exceptional Education Social Worker is responsible for providing school resource, services and counseling to students, staff members and families. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  include the following. 

• Assist families in the referral process.
• Assist families with enrollment paperwork.
• Collaborate with Early Childhood Department to assure completion of the enrollment process.
• Provide referrals to all social service agencies to students, families and faculty as needed.
• Participate as a member of school treatment team.
• Maintain accurate, complete and confidential files.
• Present staff in-service or arrange for such in services.
• Maintain and update current records on students as required by Kansas City Public Schools and the State of Missouri.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:   None         

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s in Social Work
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work flexible hours

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds.  Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Length of work year:  205 days; 7.5hrs/day, 5 days/week

Benefits:           Health and Dental Insurance are provided.

KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.