Urbana School District #116

TITLE: Social Work Intern

LOCATION:  District-Wide

SUPERVISOR:  Building Principals and Assistant Director of Student Services

SUPERVISES: This is not a supervisory position.

JOB SUMMARY: The Social Work Intern provides for the social and emotional development of students and their families under the direction of district School Social Workers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. All of these duties are under the supervision of a district school social worker.

• Provide casework, group work, coordination/outreach, and consultation to children, parents, school, and community personnel
• Provide crisis intervention to school-age children and their families
• Establish and maintain home-school ties
• Participate in special education evaluation and services determination, including adaptive behavior assessment and social developmental studies
• Cooperate as an interdisciplinary team member with school and community personnel
• Observe students in classrooms for evaluation and problem-solving purposes
• Engage in staff organization, training, and growth through group social work meetings
• Collaborate with school social workers and building staff regarding the implementation of social and emotional curriculum and methods
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION

• Enrollment in an approved Master of Social Work Program and successfully completing any prerequisite coursework and field-based placements.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working with school-age children preferred 

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:  

• Highly organized
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent problem-solver
• Should be able to work with students with a history of behavior or learning problems.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• 185-day contract (teachers’ schedule)
• Stipend 
• This is a one school year position

EVALUATION: The cooperating district school social worker will complete this as part of the cooperating program evaluation program for the intern.

START DATE:  Start of the 24-25 School Year. 

NOTE: This is not a position within the collective bargaining unit and is not an administrative position.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

REVISED: February 2018