26/27 School Year: Social Worker

• Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree with emphasis in sociology/social work/psychology preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with K-12 schools and the juvenile court system procedures.
• Prefer work experience in the juvenile system related to intake, community resources, and parental relations.
• Prefer experience in rehabilitation, preparing and evaluating reports, coordination, and preparationof plans for transitioning adolescents into community programs and/or institutions.
• Must have a valid Tennessee driver's license.
• Prefer fluency in Spanish for translating and interpreting.
• Demonstrates excellent planning, organizational, problem-solving, decision-making, and time management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience collaborating with community based organizations and other city agencies.
• Knowledge and experience with computers, including: word processing, databases, and spreadsheets.

• Job Overview: Serves as a court liaison between the the juvenile court system and the school • district. Assist with the enforcement of compulsory attendance laws while focusing on addressing • the needs of students at elevated risk for being chronically absent.

Job Functions:

• Responsible for identifying individual children and target populations in need of services. Work • collaboratively with Family Resource Centers to mobilize the resources of the local education • agencies and the community to meet the needs of children and families.• Develop and implement a plan of intervention that will enhance children's ability to benefit from • their educational experience and involves the family, other team members, and school and community • resources as appropriate.• Maintain adequate safeguards for the privacy and confidentiality of information. Intensive • parent/child interactions including home visits.• Performs other related duties as required.

• Attends training, conferences, and workshops as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills.
• Prepares and submits accurate and complete documentation of all assigned cases.
• Provides translation and interpretation service when applicable.
• Prepares truancy petitions for court.
• Assists with District Truancy Hearings and attends/represents district in juvenile court.