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Assistant Director - Social Work Services and Family Outreach

Polk County Public Schools • Lakeland, FL • 7h ago

Job Location (Short): Lakeland, FL, USA, 33801

Status: Open

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Position Title

Assistant Director - Social Work Services and Family Outreach

Short Description

This job posting will close on July 20th at 4:00 PM EST.

Custom Job Purpose

This position exists to perform responsible work for all aspects of school social work services and bullying prevention programs. Serves as a liaison to Juvenile Court, Heartland for Children, Department of Children and Families, Youth and Family Alternatives for Polk County Schools. Responsible for administering the Professional Education Certification (PEC) program for school social workers, Displaced Youth, School Social Work Internship Program, Bullying Prevention, and Community Outreach Program.

Essential Functions of this Job

Provides clinical supervision and coordinates the activities and service delivery of school social workers within the school district. Recommends personnel for employment, assigns social work tasks, evaluates and manages employee performance, and manages employee

counseling activities when necessary, up to and including dismissals. Responsible for seeing that students referred for social work services are properly addressed. Plans and coordinates the School Social Work Services program. Manages the program budget. Ability to facilitate group processes in consensus building, conflict resolution, planning and decision-making. Works with community partners/agencies and school board personnel in the provision of quality programs and services for students and families. Coordinates communications between school district personnel, community and governmental agencies. Provides oversight of interagency agreements with juvenile court, law enforcement, and juvenile justice personnel to ensure compliance with state statutes. Responsible for program evaluation and data analysis. Reviews and recommends research-based and best practice social work programs/services for students. Plans and coordinates professional learning/in-service activities. Develops and maintains an accountability tracking system for school social workers and students referred for social work services.

Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Develops and interprets procedures for school social workers that comply with state and federal statutes and guidelines.

Coordinates policies and procedures for bullying prevention/investigations.

Plans and implements specialized training for school social workers and other district or school-based staff in assigned areas

Develops, maintains and monitors school social worker database related to referrals and cases.

Facilitates, upon request, communication with parents, students and staff resolving problems and critical issues.

Provides support to district personnel regarding students in crisis.

Provides expertise and support services to school-based leadership teams to assist in the Bullying Prevention and Investigative process and to facilitate problem solving to enhance student achievement.

Evaluates the effectiveness of school social work services, and it's systems/programs as perceived by the principals and teachers.

Analyzes school social work database for trends in service delivery and/or outcome measures

Plans, strategizes and/or maintains MOU's and/or Contracts between partners or agencies and the school district in relation to school social work department.

Serve as a liaison between parents, schools, and administrators on issues related to social services.

Assist with the coordination of the district crisis team.

Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.

Essential Functions of this Job (cont.)

Non-Essential Functions of this Job

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college with a Master's Degree in Social Work and 3-5 years of experience as a school social worker is required. Three to five years of experience in supervision is required. Certification in the areas of School Social Work or Licensed Clinical Social Worker is also required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Considerable knowledge of the School District's Social Work Services program. Extensive knowledge of School Board policies and procedures. Considerable knowledge of principles and practices of social casework, consultation, counseling, social skills, crisis intervention, and other professional methods and procedures. Ability to supervise and coordinate the activities of school social workers. Must possess strong interviewing, communication, conflict resolution and interpersonal relationship skills. Ability to make sound professional judgments. Ability to maintain confidential reports and records on students. Must demonstrate leadership abilities. Ability to plan, develop, organize, implement, monitor and evaluate programs and services. Bilingual/biliterate preferred.

Work Context

Requires some sitting and standing, walking and moving about to coordinate work. Requires the use of alternative communication systems, such as electronic mail, telephones and computers. Requires coordination of work tasks to establish priorities, set goals and meet deadlines. Requires face-to-face discussions and contact with individuals and/or teams. Requires work with both internal and external contacts, and with the public.

Physical Environment

Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. Requires sitting for the majority of the day, and the ability to lift, carry, move and/or position objects infrequently weighing up to 20 pounds.

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Non-Union

Salary Grade

Pay Grade

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Local Code

10902

EEO5

Approval Date

06/09/2026

Date Last Revised

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