Secondary Social Worker

Highlander Charter Schools seeks an exceptional School Social Worker who is highly qualified and skillful to join our community of teachers, students and stakeholders. The School Social Worker is to work in partnership with parents, students, psychologists, educators, and outside agencies to promote student achievement and created safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students and to assist students in succeeding academically, socially and emotionally. CERTIFICATE / LICENSE REQUIRED: Certificate required by the Rhode Island State Department of Education. Current Rhode Island School Social Worker certification. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND CURRICULAR LINKAGES: * Provide individual or group counseling support to aid student’s social and academic adjustment as it pertains to assisting students in accessing education in * Conduct risk assessments for students in crisis * Provide outside resources for families who are in need. Needs can vary in behavioral, mental health, and basic care within the home. * Participates in IEP team process by conducting and interpreting evaluation findings, collaborating on the development of the IEP, diagnosing students’ eligibility consistent with district, federal, and state policies, procedures and regulations * Participates in identifying at-risk students experiencing academic and behavioral difficulty, designing and implementing research based interventions, and plan progress monitoring components of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions through MTSS * Participate in planning and/or implementation of school or district level crisis response teams * Assists teams in conducting functional behavioral assessments and corresponding behavior support plans * Work closely with teachers and teams to enhance critical social emotional skills to interpret data, create intervention plans and make data-based determinations about the effectiveness of interventions * Participate in the timely data input services for Medicaid billing, use the web-based IEP system, and participate in the time studies for administrative Medicaid claiming as scheduled