Social Worker at Holly Park Charter Academy
About The Position
Holly Park Charter Academy, located in Lansing, MI, is seeking a Social Worker to join their team. This role involves providing comprehensive support to students, including counseling, intervention, and collaboration with staff and families. The academy emphasizes academic excellence, a supportive environment, and a focus on the whole child, offering wrap-around services to ensure student success both inside and outside the classroom. They provide a fully mapped-out curriculum, extensive supporting materials, and robust professional development opportunities. Holly Park Academy has a history of academic achievement and is recognized for school safety and employee engagement.
Requirements
- Qualified candidates must hold valid licensure for the state they are working in.
- Michigan: MSW degree and Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).
- School Social Work Full Approval and/or Provisional/Professional School Social Worker Certificate issued in the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS).
Responsibilities
- Provide group and individual counseling sessions and classroom support to special education students as mandated per student IEPs.
- Progress monitor IEP goals associated with mandated services.
- Participate in student IEP meetings.
- Provide group and individual counseling sessions to general education students.
- Monitor students’ responses to identified interventions.
- Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans.
- Provide support and consultation to general and special education teachers.
- Complete psychosocial assessments to assist in the determination of special education services.
- Conduct functional behavior assessments and communicate results to team members in parent-friendly language.
- Complete risk assessments on students referred for school social work services.
- Establish relationships with both students and parents.
- Participate in all aspects of school planning.
- Assist in identifying needed community resources for students and make appropriate referrals.
- Provide staff consultation on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues affecting student participation in the learning process.
- Collaborate with school staff and other school system personnel in implementing strategies to promote student learning.
- Provide crisis intervention services.
- Maintain state-required clinical records and submit appropriate documents for statistical reports with adherence to program standards in school social work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
