Social Worker

Specialized Education Services • Peoria, AZ

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About The Position

The Social Worker provides social-emotional services to students who need additional support to succeed in school. As an integrated member of a multidisciplinary team, the role works with school teams and families to deliver services, including individual and group counseling. Services are provided in accordance with students’ individualized education plans (IEPs) or behavior intervention plans (BIPs), with responsibilities spanning assessment, planning, behavior support, collaboration, training, and student-record maintenance.

Requirements

• Professional licensure as an LCSW or LPC is required.
• Master’s degree in social work, human services, or a related field such as mental health, psychology, or counseling.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience working with children and adolescents in a school, special education, or behavioral health setting.

Responsibilities

• Work with students from diverse developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Provide individual, group, or push-in counseling in accordance with students’ IEPs or BIPs.
• Collaborate on IEP development, including social-emotional goal setting, and participate in IEP meetings.
• Complete social-emotional and behavior assessments, analyze data to identify student strengths and weaknesses, and develop functional behavior assessments, BIPs, and other transition plans.
• Implement behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain student and staff safety.
• Support social-emotional learning skill development through targeted curricula, assessments, and intensive behavior support as needed.
• Provide in-service training with other teams, including expressive therapy and clinical teams.
• Collaborate with external partners and providers to support students, families, and staff.
• Maintain student-file documents in accordance with regulatory agency requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time