General Description:
The Lead School Social Worker serves as both a division social worker and supports the school social work department by providing leadership to a team of social workers to ensure that students and families to receive supports to address social emotional development and academic progress.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads and evaluates a team of school social workers in order to ensure students receive the appropriate whole child supports impacting social emotional learning, mental health, attendance and academics
• Supports in planning and implementing team, department, and division-wide professional learning over the summer and during the school year
• Works with the Senior Social Worker to coordinate comprehensive division wide social emotional supports across the division
• Serves as a member of school-based and division-wide crisis response teams inclusive of threat assessment and mental health support teams
• Assists families in connecting with a full range of community support resources based on identified need
• Provides support to enhance students’ social emotional learning and development 
• Serves as a designated Attendance Officer
• Serves on school-based teams including school-based intervention, child find, attendance and student supports
• Completes appropriate assessments and evaluations for child find and shares findings with eligibility committees as needed
• Investigates and responds to issues identified through school referral forms
• Conducts home visits as necessary during assessments and investigations
• Provides services and support over the summer during division programming
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Pupil Personnel Services License with an endorsement in school social work and completion of a two-year Master's Degree program from an accredited school of social work required
• Minimum of three years of successful experience as a school social worker  
• Experience leading a team preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate complex ideas simply and succinctly
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills; ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills, including keen attention to detail and ease at managing competing demands and determining priorities independently
• Experience working in a fast-paced, environment; adaptable when managing multiple, shifting priorities; comfortable with ambiguity
• Ability to work in a cooperative, collaborative manner with administrators, teachers, parents and other professionals about student challenges and appropriate strategies
• Ability to establish appropriate networks with school programs, community agencies and resources to provide essential services for families and children
• Necessary Special Requirements: Valid Virginia driver's license and willingness to use personal automobile.
• Bilingual/fluency in Spanish preferred