School Social Worker

LOCATION: Schofield Early Childhood Center
WORK YEAR:  School Year
SALARY: Per FEA Contract

Fitzgerald Public Schools has a competitive salary and benefits package along with opportunities for advancement and leadership. We are small enough to enable us to know each other personally and large enough to maintain high standards that demonstrate our expertise in education. With the passing of our recent bond, we have buildings, classrooms, cafeterias and offices in the process of being transformed for the future.

• Valid certification as a School Social Worker by Michigan Department of Education
• Master’s degree in Social Work including foundations of behavioral health and successful completion of a school internship/practicum.
• Experience in leading problem solving teams through data based decision-making.
• Experience with training and monitoring the implementation of a variety of evidence-based interventions.
• Experience in administering and interpreting a variety of assessments and using this information to formulate an effective plan of support for students to be successful in the school environment.
• Ability to develop and maintain acceptable relationships with school staff, other professionals, students and parents. Ability to clearly, concisely, and appropriately communicate in writing and verbally.
• Ability to meet deadlines and ensure supports and services are provided to students regularly and appropriately.
• Ability to develop appropriate goals, supports, services for students and monitor their effectiveness.
• Skilled in delineating behavioral disorders from social maladjustment and conduct disorder.
• Extensive knowledge of Special Education Law.
• Extensive knowledge and experience identifying students with disabilities.
• START and PBIS training preferred.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

• Participates as a member of the building support teams to assist all students in making progress.
• Uses data-based decision making to lead a problem solving model in dealing with student behavioral concerns in order to improve academic achievement.
• Consults with principals, staff members and parents/guardians to assist students in making academic and behavioral progress.
• Aligns goals and objectives from the building team process to meet the needs of students.
• Reviews, analyzes and revises implementation plans and interventions.
• Monitors integrity of strategies and plans.
• Utilizes a variety of assessment to determine the need for special education services.
• Conducts Individualized Educational Planning Team meetings and assists in ongoing review of strategies for students to determine their effectiveness of need for updates.
• Completes Crisis Intervention and Prevention training and expertly uses these techniques to de-escalate student’s physical and emotionally aggressive behavior.
• Establish and maintain appropriate boundaries for students and families.
• Successfully conduct ongoing formal and informal training in behavior management for staff, students, and families.
• Ability to work with students of varying degrees of need with diverse backgrounds and characteristics.
• Works as a team member with instructional staff and parents/ guardians to refer eligible students to outside agencies and other community resources.
• Design, monitor, support, and evaluate behavior management plans using Positive Behavior Supports and recommends classroom environment modifications.
• Develop resource materials and tools for staff, students, and families to use in dealing with behavior.
• Consult and collaborate with principals, staff members and families by gathering and giving information on a case for evaluation, consultation, and establishing a plan for respective roles in the modification of a student’s behavior.
• Provide consultation and planning for effective classroom organization, social structures, implementation of effective teaching techniques and development of appropriate…