School Social Worker (State Teacher II) - Platte Valley Youth Services Center in Greeley

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This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times.

Schedule:

Normal working hours: 7am-4pm Monday - Thursday and 7am-11pm Fridays.

Please note:

Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

This position supports all facets of the educational system to include students, school personnel, and the stakeholder community. This position exists to provide the broad knowledge of school systems, educational law, curriculum and instruction, classroom and behavior management, models for working with diverse populations including people with disabilities, and models for consultation and school-based intervention, behavior management, and transition practices. This position fosters a safe school environment and addresses mental health and social issues that interfere with students' ability to access education successfully.

The special education model at the Division of Youth Services is designed to ebb and flow with the fluctuating special education population, to include the unique needs of each student with an identified disability per IDEA, at each site. This position requires a highly flexible person with the understanding that each position within the special education model at DYS can be shared at times, again based on the business needs.

Specific duties include:

• Social / Emotional Assessments
• Planning and collaboration with teachers regarding services and interventions
• Utilize the consultation model of services for teachers and administration
• Develop of systems and data-tracking mechanisms for mental health progress monitoring and behavioral progress monitoring
• Planning and implementing psycho-educational groups during the school day in both a preventative and remediation model to targeted students for whom behavior is impacting learning
• Design and implement school-based programs to promote a positive school climate in conjunction with the school administration team.
• Utilize social work training and skills to remedy barriers to learning by providing evidence based supports to school personnel
• Develop behavioral intervention strategies either student specific or school-wide
• Lead and train others to facilitate restorative justice circles within the school environment
• Participate in conflict resolution and anger management as necessary in the school
• Facilitate the functional behavioral analysis process and development of behavior intervention plans for students
• Support internal and external Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) systems
• Participation in appropriate MDTs

Culture and

Collaboration:

• Collaborate and consult with the Facility-Based Education Staff, Behavioral Mental Health Partners, Assessment Specialists, Client Managers
• Collaborate with education and Behavioral Health Staff (BHS) regarding the implementation of research-based interventions for students experiencing mental health and/or behavioral related concerns/issues as appropriate: which may involve modification recommendations of the classroom environment
• Develop relationships with facility transition workers and assist with education transitions for youth

504 Site Coordinator & Special Education Assessment and Supports:

• Participating in and helping with the regularly scheduled team meetings.
• Consults with other team members when determining necessary formal and informal behavioral and related service assessments.
• Prepare social developmental histories for initial or re-evaluation meetings.
• Participate in Manifestation Determination meetings, Crisis Response Team meetings, and Best Interest Determination (BID) meetings
• Provide related services articulated on Individualized Education Programs and assist in co-teaching effective needs classes.
• 504 Site Coordinator

Training/Communication and Other Duties as Assigned:

• Maintain direct and ongoing communication with supervisor to bolster ongoing mental health support, services, and interventions within all DYS commitment facilities.
• Identify and report special education program/systemic strengths and limitations to supervisor.
• Participate in program development activities
• Train stakeholders on topics related to school social work services as well as assigned committees designed to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Additional school based supports may include, but not limited to, interdisciplinary team problem solving, intervention plan development, school improvement planning, prevention services, teach or support affective education classes, school-related concerns such as academic achievement, bullying, harassment, misbehavior, or underachievement, and family issues

Other duties as assigned

Applicants must meet all of the requirements listed below AND provide all supporting documents to…