Intermediate Unit 1 is accepting applications for Full-Time Social Workers Positions for the 2017-18 School Year in both the Therapeutic Emotional Support Programs and the Comprehensive Therapeutic Emotional Support Programs.
Therapeutic Emotional classroom(s) and Comprehensive Therapeutic Emotional Support: is responsible for identifying and addressing social, emotional, learning, cultural, environmental and economic barriers that impede the educational process. S/he serves as a liaison between the home, school and community. This assignment includes providing group and individual counseling to the children attending IU1 operated classes and support to the staff assigned to those classes. This professional uses knowledge and understanding of the reciprocal influences of home, school, and community to intervene for student success via such practices as assessment, crisis intervention, home visits, conflict resolution, consultation, program development, dropout prevention, and truancy.