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Social WorkerWayne County Schools Employment Network • Wayne, MI, United States
Social Worker

Social Worker

Wayne County Schools Employment Network • Wayne, MI, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Position Type :

Student Support Services / Social Worker

Date Posted : 9 / 8 / 2025

Location : The Dearborn Academy

(High-Needs School)

District :

Dearborn Academy Position Specific Responsibilities :

  • Intervention Tasks :
  • Counsel both special and general education students individually or at the group level.
  • Intervene at the classroom level by spending time with students in the class or (when needed) provide classroom social skills intervention.
  • Plan and prepare individual, group and (when needed) classroom interventions.
  • Assessment Tasks :

Initial and Re-evaluation Tasks :

  • Assess and make recommendations for students suspected of Emotional Impairment (R. 340.1706) and Autistic Spec / Tom Disorder (R 340.1715) using the appropriate Special Education Guidelines. Tasks include :
  • Systematic observation.

  • Interviews with parent, child and teacher(s). CA-60 and disciplinary file review.
  • Use of rating scales - such as the Achenbach, E.B.P.S., C.A.R.S., A.S.D.S., and adaptive behavior scales such as the A.B.A.S.
  • Social Worker report and recommendation.
  • The school Social Worker may also be asked to complete developmental histories and carryout intervention tasks for children suspected of being A.D.H.D., cognitively impaired or developmentally delayed.
  • IEP / Manifestation Determination Related Tasks :
  • Complete P.L.A.A.F.P. and goals and, if needed, a behavior plan, for all MET / initial and annual IEP meetings.
  • Provide input on the child and make recommendations as appropriate.
  • Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans :
  • Carry out Functional Behavior Assessment for both RtI Tier III and special education students.
  • Create and assist in the implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans.
  • Maintain a list of students on Behavior Intervention Plans.
  • Set-up Behavior Intervention Plan reviews every four to eight weeks for all K-8 students with intensive behavior issues who have a Behavior Intervention Plan
  • RTI Process :
  • Attend all relevant Tier III meetings.
  • Set up Tier III meetings, as needed, for students in grades K-3.
  • Coordinate RtI meetings with the School Psychologist and write K-3 meetings on the calendar.
  • Crisis Intervention Tasks :
  • Edit and update Crisis Plan, Fan Outs and all summary tables.
  • Provide direction to team after a crisis occurs.
  • Keep updated on Crisis Plan information and intervention.
  • Carry out mini-crisis and crisis intervention with students as needed.
  • Mini-crises include dealing with conflict between students, bullying, crying, refusing to work and so forth.
  • Crises include aggressive incidents with students, suicide, bomb threats, threats of harm to others and so forth.
  • Complete all relevant Crisis Intervention Forms and provide a copy to all Crisis Team Members involved with that particular crisis.
  • Other Tasks :
  • Caseload management in the form of making phone calls or writing letters to outside agencies and medical centers to obtain information or services for both RtI K-3 and special education students.
  • Make contacts with appropriate outside agencies.
  • Take care of holiday package information at the start of the school year.
  • Create and update a caseload list (list of students seen). Document dates on the caseload list of when students were seen during each month of the school year.
  • Keep confidential notes on special education and general education students,
  • Create and revise a caseload schedule (which includes cooperating with the School Psychologist and accommodating changes in the Academy schedule).
  • Complete Quarterly Progress Reports on special and general education students.
  • Attend field trips as requested.
  • Maintain knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, Michigan Special Education Law and School Social Worker legislation and regulations.
  • Obtain necessary social work hours of continuing education; maintain a record of hours to submit upon request.
  • Qualifications :

  • Master of Social Work from an accredited Council on Social Work graduate school of social work program approved by the State board of education.
  • The Social Worker must have received Full Approval as a School Social Worker or Temporary Approval (and be working towards meeting the qualifications for full approval).
  • Must also have a clinical license - either a Limited License Master Social Worker ("LLMSW") and be working towards becoming a licensed social worker; or be a fully Licensed Master Social Worker ("LMSW").
  • Approval issued through the office of special education.
  • Satisfactory criminal background check and unprofessional conduct check as required by School Safety Legislation.
  • Competencies -

    The Social Worker shall possess applicable knowledge of :

  • Individual, family, group and family dynamics, as well as mental health concepts and behavior which result from mental, physical, sensory, emotional, speech or other conditions.
  • Educational organization delivery systems and the Academy as a social institution.
  • Developmental stages in children and how stages impact the learning process.
  • The legislative process and the impact of law on education.
  • Identifying and developing resources with major local human service organizations.
  • Systematic observation and diagnostic assessment (of emotions and behavior) of an individual pupil or groups of pupils.
  • Formulating plans of action to address learning and behavior issues.
  • Identifying the social and emotional needs of pupils and designing appropriate interventions to enhance the learning environment in the Academy.
  • Communicating to appropriate persons regarding social work knowledge and skills, sociodevelopmental findings, goals and objectives, intervention strategies as well as outcomes and recommendations.
  • Providing appropriate direct or indirect treatment services to individuals, groups, families and the community.
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