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Job Opening Information SPECIAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL WORKER 25/26

Job Number
103 SPE25/26

Position Title
SPECIAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL WORKER 25/26
Required Application Type
Teacher / Admin
Salary/Pay Scale
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Job Description

Please note that applicants will be reviewed and will be filled on a continuing basis based on program needs.

Hours vary depending position and location (7, 7.25 or 7.5 hours)

Position and Locations:

6:1:1 ED Bush - Phoenix Academy

8:1:1 ED Bush - Phoenix Academy

 


Salary: Based on experience and demonstrated abilities. Additional stipends may be available depending on qualifications per the Education Association contract.

Exceptional package including but not limited to:

  • Paid annual holidays
  • Schedule follows BOCES school calendar or host site school calendar
  • Summers off with the option to work summer
  • Generous paid personal/sick time
  • Premium Health plans (GST pays 80%)
  • Premium Dental and Vision Plans
  • FSA & HRA
  • NYS Retirement System
  • 403b AND NYS Deferred Compensation plan
  • Additional stipends per EA contract

 


 

Depending on location, this position may involve direct work with students with autism, emotional and/or developmental disabilities which may include, but are not limited to, oppositional and aggressive behaviors; mood disorders; and potentially severe and unpredictable physical and/or verbal outbursts. Social Workers are expected to:

  • Evaluate and re-evaluate short-term behavioral and academic objectives on a regular basis throughout the school year
  • Provide counseling services for students in BOCES classrooms
  • Attend CSE meetings or other student support meetings as needed
  • Refer as necessary to Mental Health Services outside the school environment
  • Develop solutions focused outcomes for social, emotional, behavioral, and academic issues as they arise
  • Carries out all other duties as assigned
Job Qualifications
  • Must possess a valid NYS Certification in School Social Worker and possess a Clinical or Master Social Worker License; Clinical Social Worker level is preferred
  • Job responsibility may require individual to do one and two-person lifts and/or physical interventions on a daily basis. Position requires the successful completion of all elements of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for schools (TCIS) training. Initial and refresher TCIS training is provided by GST BOCES.

 

Application Procedure
  • Click on the green "Apply Now" button at the bottom of the posting to complete the online application and submit required certification credentials.

Please complete your file by submitting the following information:

  • Employment application
  • Letter of interest
  • Detailed résumé
  • High School Diploma/Transcript
  • Evidence of NYS certification, license or Registration Certificate (if applicable)
  • College undergraduate and graduate transcripts conferring degree
  • One to three current, dated and signed letters of professional reference (must be less than 1 yr. old)

The Greater Southern Tier BOCES does not discriminate in employment or in the education programs and activities which it operates on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion, race, color, national origin or disability in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and New York State Human Rights Law.

 

Job Category
INSTRUCTIONAL
Job Location
GST BOCES REGION; MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

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