Social Worker, School Social Worker

School Social Worker

ACCEL Schools is hiring a highly qualified School Social Worker to join Barber Preparatory Academy in Highland Park, Michigan. The School Special Education Social Worker supports students' academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and mental health needs by providing direct services, conducting special education evaluations, collaborating with families and school teams, and connecting students with community resources. This position also provides individual and small-group services in accordance with students' Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) while supporting general education intervention efforts.

Essential duties and responsibilities include assisting students and families in accessing appropriate school and community-based services, providing individual and small-group counseling focused on social-emotional development, behavior management, conflict resolution, goal setting, and other identified student needs, conducting social work evaluations for special education eligibility and preparing required evaluation reports, participating in IEP meetings and providing case management support as appropriate, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support students' academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success, assisting with crisis prevention, intervention, and post-crisis support, serving on Student Support Teams, Child Study Teams, and other multidisciplinary teams, conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and collaborating in the development and implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention Plans (PBIPs/BIPs), providing consultation and coaching to teachers and staff regarding effective behavioral and social-emotional supports, coordinating with community agencies and outside providers to ensure continuity of services, promoting regular student attendance and supporting families in addressing barriers to school success, maintaining accurate documentation and confidential student records in compliance with FERPA, IDEA, MARSE, and other applicable regulations, and other duties as needed.

Valid Michigan Professional School Social Worker Certificate (PSWC) issued by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), experience providing school-based social work services, including counseling, crisis intervention, behavioral interventions, consultation, and family engagement, experience working with students with disabilities and diverse learning needs, knowledge of the Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education (MARSE), IDEA, special education evaluation procedures, and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, families, community agencies, and school personnel, strong interpersonal, written, verbal, and organizational communication skills, ability to maintain confidential student records in accordance with FERPA, IDEA, and applicable state and federal laws, ability to analyze complex situations, solve practical problems, and exercise sound professional judgment, demonstrated professionalism, flexibility, initiative, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a collaborative environment, ability to successfully pass all required federal and state criminal background checks (FBI/BCI), previous experience in a public or charter school setting, experience conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and developing Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), knowledge of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), experience collaborating with outside mental health agencies and community organizations.

ACCEL Schools is a network of 80+ high-performing, public charter schools serving PK-12 students. We advocate for school choice and work to address educational inequities throughout the United States. Our schools are inclusive and widely differ to reflect the unique values of the many urban, suburban, and rural communities we serve. Our brick-and-mortar, virtual, and hybrid schools specialize in closing educational gaps and offer innovative models such as career-technical education, sports training, bilingual programming, and more.

We offer the following benefits: life benefits time & peace of mind, paid time off, retirement contributions, optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance, voluntary life insurance (employee, spouse, child), discounted childcare at Early Learning Academies locations, medical, dental, and vision insurance, Employee Assistance Program, voluntary short-term disability insurance, voluntary long-term disability insurance, career advancement opportunities throughout Accel Schools and our strong network of 4,000+ instructors and education professionals.