What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker position at Specialized Education Services?
What you can expect to do.
Champion possibility and fuel student success by providing social-emotional services for students who need additional support to shine in school. As a vital, integrated member of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll collaborate with school teams and families in delivering SESI’s proven, high-quality services—including individual or group counseling services.
- Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Provide individual, group, or push-in counseling services to students in accordance with their individualized education plan (IEP) or behavior intervention plan (BIP).
- Collaborate on creating IEPs, including social-emotional IEP goal setting and IEP meeting participation.
- 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 techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain the safety of students and staff.
- Support social-emotional learning skill development through targeted curricula, assessments, and more 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 documents in student files according to regulatory agency requirements.
What we expect of you.
- Professional licensure, including LPC or LCPC, LCSW or LMSW, and LMFT or LMHC, LCMHC.
- Master’s degree in social work, human services, or related field (mental health, psychology, counseling).
- 2 years of experience working with children and adolescents in a school, special education, or behavior health setting preferred.
SESI.R2
Benefits:
Vacation & Paid Time OffSalary : $32