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Ulster County BOCES

School Social Worker

Pay: $67,765/yr

Posted: 2 weeks ago

Location: New Paltz, NY (Onsite)

Last Updated: 1 day ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/5/2026

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What they do

A Family, School, or General Social Worker provides specialized assistance to vulnerable families and children. Intervenes in crisis situations; evaluates individual and family needs, helps clients get access to health care, mental health care or social services such as housing assistance. Advocates for clients and provides follow up visits. May work with teachers, parents and school administrators to help students improve academically and deal with social issues such as bullying.

$71,203 / year median in New York

+14% projected growth

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Job Description

The Ulster BOCES Instructional Services Department is seeking a licensed/certified School Social Workers to provide staff support and training for our component districts. This is a full-time, 10-month position. Appropriate NYS License, Certification and fingerprinting required. Ulster BOCES offers regionally competitive salary and benefits (see the Ulster BOCES Teachers' Organization contract at https://www.ulsterboces.org/faq-links/employment-contracts for details). Salary commensurate with experience and training. Salary starting at $67,765 per year. To be legally employed in this position, you must possess a valid NYS teaching certificate. The teaching certificate requirements can be found at the following link: http://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do.

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Area of Interest:

Administration and Pupil Personnel Services Subject Area:

Social Work Grade Level:

Pre K-12 -

All Grades Title:

School Social Worker Type of Certificate:

Provisional or Permanent Certificate

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To help students resolve such personal, emotional and social problems as they interfere with their adjustment to school and their capacity to enjoy the fullest benefits of the education offered them.

WORK SCHEDULE

10 Month Schedule Monday through Friday

SPECIFIC DUTIES

: 1. Performs casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress. 2. Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students, to increase the parents' understanding, their constructive participation in resolving their child's problems, and their knowledge and use of appropriate resources available. 3. Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of the student's behavior. 4. Supervises the referral of students to, and serves as liaison with, such outside agencies as the Welfare Department, Child Placement Bureau, Juvenile Court, and the like, as appropriate. 5. Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful information on a student's background. 6. Serves as liaison between home and school when considerable follow-up is necessary, as in welfare cases, foster home children, and disadvantaged students. 7. Assists students directly toward adjustment to school. 8. Keeps sufficient records of cases for use by school staff members and outside agencies when appropriate. 9. Assumes other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.