Social Worker, Special Needs ​/ Learning Disabilities

Job Description

May 5, 2026

Social Worker vacancies in Rochester Community Schools for the 2026-27 school year.

SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER

DISTRICTWIDE

1.0 FTE

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work
• Approval for School Social Work
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

SALARY:

Per Rochester Education Association Master Agreement

REPORTS TO
:
Executive Director of Special Education;
Building Principal

SUPERVISES
:
None

JOB GOAL
:
To identify problems and situations interfering with the ability of students to benefit from the educational experience and to provide a problem-solving service to the impacted children and their families.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates or serves as a member of diagnostic teams and Individual Educational Planning committees.
• Provides to the multi-disciplinary evaluation team comprehensive, diagnostic evaluations of children suspected of disability per MARSE requirements.
• Serves as liaison between the school, the home and the community in building and maintaining positive relationships.
• Coordinates and develops resources within and outside the school system for use by children, their families, and school personnel.
• Collaborates with principals, teachers and other school personnel to improve use of existing school programs and procedures; plans and implements new programs and procedures related to the educational, social, and emotional needs of the children.
• Serves as consultant to resource and categorical classroom programs personnel. Provides short term support therapy and intervention services for children identified per MARSE rules and as required per their Individual Education Plans.
• Participates with school staff in altering situations adversely affecting the personal, social-emotional, and academic development of children.
• Possess knowledge of the following: individual, family, group and community dynamics; mental health concepts and behavior related to handicapping conditions; educational organization; varying life styles; learning processes; legislation and policy; human service organizations; value and ethical constraints; research and evaluation.

Skills and abilities:

• Ability to recognize deficits in learning patterns and assess social-emotional needs of students; develop plans with school personnel for alternative learning experiences.
• Skills in systematic observation and assessment of students; formulate appropriate plans of action.
• Skills in collecting information and documenting factors affecting learning.
• Skills in identifying and developing resources within and outside the school system; provide direct or indirect services.
• Ability to share social work knowledge with team members, professionals, parents, students and others in areas of mental health and child management.
• Ability to communicate socio-developmental findings, goals and intervention strategies to appropriate parties and document outcomes and recommendations.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the Executive Director.

Selection of an individual to fill this vacancy is determined by the appropriate administrators based upon experience, qualifications, and professional attributes.

ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Notice of Nondiscrimination - Rochester Community Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, creed or ancestry, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, familial status, arrest record or physical and mental disabilities in accordance with applicable civil rights laws. Individuals will not be excluded from, or denied, the benefits of participation in any program or activity for which the Board of Education is responsible on the basis of such characteristics.

Rochester Community Schools has designated compliance coordinators at 52585 Dequindre Rd., Rochester, MI 48307. Title II and Section 504 – Students:
Pasquale Cusumano, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary and Adult Education, ;
Equal Employment Opportunity/Section 504 for non-students:
David Murphy, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources,

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