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Social Worker

Sharjah American International School - Dubai Campus

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Start February 2023

Job
School

Contract Length: 2 months

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

University

Eligible Candidates:

College/University Faculty

School Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor
Minimum Teaching Experience: 2 years of teaching experience
Major: Counselling

Additional School Requirements:

Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work related discipline
Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate about social work and results in non-technical language.
Two years of experience as a Social Worker in a school.
Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.

Job Benefits:

To be discussed after the interview.

Job Description:

The Social Worker is responsible for:

Assesses social, emotional, and educational problems which affect a child’s ability to benefit from available educational opportunities.
Maintains supportive relationships with children, parents/carers, and teachers, so that help can be given towards the alleviation of problems concerned with school attendance, material difficulties, mental and physical disabilities, and behavior.
Assists in establishing good relationships and understanding between school staff, parents, and children by interpreting the school situation to the family and vice versa.
Enforces legislation and by-laws relating to school attendance and behavior.
Helps to arrange alternative education for pupils unable to attend due to short-term illness.
Helps to improve the links between the school and home, this can involve working closely with parents, teachers, educational psychologists, and other services.
Writes reports and prepares evidence for MOE and other offices so that the School role may be efficiently and compassionately fulfilled.

This is a Direct to School Job

About the School:

SAISD is an environment where dedicated educators in partnership with parents and other stakeholders work collaboratively to support and challenge our students to become more successful, innovative individuals and effective team players.

SAISD offers an American curriculum based on well-defined and internationally recognized American Education Standards while integrating relevant and meaningful international benchmarking and enrichment programs to guide curriculum, instruction, assessment, and extracurricular programs, including CCSS for English and Math, and NGSS standards for Science. The school models California State Education Framework. SAIS-Dubai is fully accredited by Cognia/ AdvancED and NEASC.

Our vision at SAISD is to be internationally recognized and locally trusted, we strive to establish and maintain a community that inspires a passion for learning, where students dare to embark on challenging journeys to achieve their visions or to explore possible opportunities as innovators or future entrepreneurs.

SAISD community embraces and nurtures its cultural diversity and multiculturalism. We are proud to have a diversified learning community where all members work together in harmony, collaboration, and respect to achieve their common goals and support each other’s needs.

SAISD has a strong record of success and achievements which are widely recognized for preparing young men and women for opportunities and careers that are yet to come. SAISD has an impressive record of graduates attending leading colleges and universities both locally and internationally.

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This is a Direct to School Job

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