School Social Worker
WES Health System
School Social Worker
WES Health System
Nonprofit behavioral health and disability services
WES Health System · Philadelphia, United States · Contract · Posted 2024-08-07
Salary: USD 52,000–54,000
Workplace: on_site
Department: Global Leadership Academy
Consultant will provide Social Work services as assigned, to specific projects deemed necessary to facilitate quality services at Global Leadership Academy (GLA) Specifically
Provide daily(5) days a week of social work services for minimum 6.5 hours (30 minutes unpaid lunch) daily
Provide Individual Therapeutic sessions with identified student prioritizing IEP scholars with prescribed counseling services
Facilitate group process and/or psycho education sessions with identified scholars
Conduct school wide workshops/ Professional Development sessions as identified providing no more than 4 per school year
Manage and follow through on the multi-agency services provided to students and their families, particularly as the needs and services impact the educational adjustment of scholars
Serve as liaison between school and community agencies in respect to reporting child abuse/neglect and or crisis events
Serve as subject matter expert for all social work-related school services, attending required meetings as necessary
Document each service encounter within 24 hours of service delivery; Provide quantitative and qualitative data reports for groups, workshops and individual interventions monthly and/or as requested.
Support attendance initiative by meeting with parents/guardians in school or-in community as needed.
Consultant shill be available [5 days per week at 6 hours minimum per day], The six hours do not include breaks/lunch, Consultant agrees to perform the services specified herein during such hours as shall be necessary. In the absence of a special need for Consultant's services at a particular time or on a particular day, Consultant shall be free to determine the times when [he/she] will perform services consistent with recommendations from the Program Director. However, if the services are to be perform on GLA premises, WES has the right to require that the services be performed during the hours of normal business operation for GLA.
Consultant is available to perform consulting services for persons or entities other than WES. However, Consultant warrants and represents that there is no conflict of interest between [his/her] performance of services under this Agreement and the performance of [his/her] services under other contracts for services or as an employee of other persons or entities and will ensure that no such conflict arises during the term of this Agreement.
Execution of this Agreement by Consultant does not guarantee that WES will offer any additional assignments to Consultant.
WES may elect to withhold payment to Consultant for services provided that are not authorized by the Program Director or until all contracted services and documentation of services have been submitted without error.
Contract is contingent on WES maintaining a contract with GLA and GLA making regular on time payments to WES.
The Consultant, at his/her own expense, shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining the necessary qualifications and certifications/licenses needed to complete assignments:
A Social Work Consultant must meet the following minimum qualifications and have the following documentation within their file:
A licensed social worker or MSW or school guidance counselor
and all of the following:
1. Current certificate of professional liability insurance
2. The ability and willingness to adjust work hours in accord with scholar needs.
3. For Licensed staff, complete the number of training hours every two years required to
maintain the license, As well as the Mandated Reporter Training every five years,
4. Valid PA State Criminal History Report, PA Child Abuse Clearances, FBI Criminal History Report (fingerprinting).
5. Working knowledge of application federal, state and local law governing the proper handling of scholar information.
Clinical Supervision
The Consultant must attend weekly Team meetings with the WES Program Director
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Nonprofit behavioral health and disability services
WES Health System is a nonprofit delivering behavioral health, intellectual disability and social services to children, adults and families, mainly around Philadelphia. Its programs include outpatient therapy, psychiatric rehabilitation, case management for adults with serious mental illness, youth substance use treatment and skilled nursing care for older adults with mental illness. Adults with intellectual disabilities get vocational training, in-home support and help finding jobs. Clients schedule appointments or come through provider and Family Court referrals, and the nonprofit also runs Multi-Therapy Services, a for-profit outpatient practice in southern New Jersey. Founded in 1992, it is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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