Lower Adolescent Social Worker

Job Description

Job Title:

Lower Adolescent Social Worker
Level: Lower Adolescent (Grades 7-9)
Classification: .50 FTE (the 20 hours per week can be worked between 8:30 to 4:30 with some meetings extending past 4:30 when required)
Compensation:
Commensurate with experience (Union pay scale
3)
Benefits Eligible:
No
Licensure: MDE Social Worker Licensure

Reports to:

Director of Student Services
School Year: , starts immediately

General Description:

This position works collaboratively with the Student Services Department, which includes a team of three full time social workers. This position involves working with the Special Education teams, both through direct work with students and consultation with the team, working with Child Find Intervention processes and offering students social emotional interventions, convening groups, consulting with classroom guides and working collaboratively on wellness initiatives with the student services team.

Great River School is committed to Montessori and International Baccalaureate pedagogy and has an excellent reputation as a Public Montessori Charter School. The role of the School Social Worker is to further our mission to provide a quality Montessori education through inspiring learning environments and strong relationships based on respect for the gifts of each student.

Areas of responsibility and Concomitant Tasks:
- Provide Social Work services (including but not limited to: )
- Serving direct goals and minutes of student’s IEP plans
- Responding to crisis and providing risk assessment
- Develop safety plans in coordination with SpEd and Student Services teams
- File child protection reports
- Engage external resources for support like housing, food access, transportation

Special Education Direct Service:
- Write, review and manage goals in SpEd forms
- Attend IEP meetings and consult with IEP team
- Serve direct and indirect minutes for students toward achieving their goals

Social Work Groups:
- Collaborate with other social workers and classroom guides around organizing groups
- Communicate with families
- Facilitate weekly social work groups

Communication:
- Maintain confidentiality
- Communicate with families with updates, progress and/or concerns
- Collaborate in communication - IEP teams, classroom teachers, admin, families as necessary
- Maintain records (ROI) and communication with students’ outside providers

Organization and Flexibility:
- Maintain a weekly schedule that includes meetings, groups and SpEd minutes
- Work flexibly to serve these obligations, while also responding to the needs of the moment on any school day as it pertains to students on your caseload.

Behavior Support:
- Along with all faculty members, the Social Worker is responsible for upholding school and level norms with students
- For Tracked behavior, support guides by covering their rooms to allow follow up, or connect directly with students to support emotional regulation
- Behavior Tiers
- Behavior Definitions
- Responding to Behavior Flowchart
- For Tracked behavior, support guides by covering their rooms to allow follow up, or connect directly with students to support emotional regulation
- Work with Dean of Students to follow investigation protocol for Bottom Line behaviors

Mental Health Advocate:
- Defining a boundary between service at school vs. need for additional support
- Serving as an advocate and lens in the Gen Ed setting to help contextualize student experience
- Maintain list of community resources and refer families to appropriate agencies
- Seek ROI’s and collaborate with community providers

Professional Development:
- Provide trainings as needed for professional development

Meetings, Key Experiences and Commitments:
- Attending weekly Level Meetings
- During professional development and…