Social Worker Job at Oakland Schools in Madison Heights

Position Type:
Certified Student Support Services/Social Worker

Date Posted:
11/6/2024

Location:
Lamphere School District

District:
Lamphere Schools Position: School Social Worker

Location: Multiple Buildings

Salary: at the appropriate step on the teacher salary schedule

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW)
• Applicant must have full approval from the Michigan Department of Education as a School Social Worker
• Previous Section 504 experience preferred
• Previous school-based service delivery preferred
• Training, expertise, and experience with a variety of disabilities, including EI, LD, CI, OHI, and ASD, including specific knowledge and experience in the evaluation of emotional impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Strong clinical, diagnostic, consultative, and communication skills
• Demonstrated familiarity with special education law, theory, service delivery, and procedures
• Certification in or willingness to be trained in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention techniques
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues, administrators, students, and parents
• Demonstrated familiarity with community agencies, resources, and transition planning
• Proficiency in Google Suite applications (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc.) and online sourcing tools with functional knowledge of internet search platforms
• Must be reliable and punctual with an excellent work-related attendance record
• Ability to withstand the strain of the position
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the administration may find appropriate and acceptable

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective direct services through individual and/or group counseling to assigned caseloads of students with IEPs and without IEPs.
• Provide effective Social Emotional Learning Activities to classrooms.
• Consult with staff and parents to facilitate highly effective interventions with students.
• Participate appropriately in the Referral, Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET), and IEPT processes for all Emotional Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder evaluations and for other certification categories as necessary based on student needs.
• Conduct building social-emotional universal screeners.
• Maintain well-defined, articulate, and timely records and submit them within established timelines.
• Assist in facilitating Positive Behavior Support, Functional Behavior Analysis, Manifestation Review, and Behavior Intervention Planning.
• Planning with staff, students, parents, agencies, and administrators, including individualized evaluations, written plans, development of IEP goals and objectives, record keeping, and data collection.
• Facilitate staff communication and staff development regarding the social/emotional domain.
• Increase opportunities for positive social interaction between students with special needs and their non-disabled peers.
• Relate effectively with parents and facilitate parent training.
• Facilitate referrals to other agencies as appropriate.
• Model appropriate behavior intervention techniques with staff and parents.
• Facilitate effective, non-violent crisis intervention with students as needed according to policies, procedures, laws, and standards.
• Complete effective formal and informal student assessments and produce accurate, articulate, and timely written reports.
• Communicate effectively in a liaison role with parents, staff, administration, school districts, and agencies regarding assigned caseload and referrals
• Other duties assigned by the Director of Special Education
• Such alternatives to the above responsibilities as the administration may find appropriate and acceptable

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Selected candidates will be required to have a district paid fingerprint criminal history check processed through the Michigan State Police and FBI.

It shall be the policy of the district not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, (including sexual orientation and gender identity), marital status, genetic information, disability, age, or any other basis prohibited by law.