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Mt. Pleasant Public Schools lists this Social Worker opportunity in mt pleasant, Michigan. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
School Social Worker
The following position is available for the school year.
Reports To: Building Principal
FTE Position Building: 1.0 School Social Worker District
Required Qualifications:
Master's in Social Work~Clinical License
500+ clock hours of a supervised social work practicum At least 1 year of experience as a school social worker with direction from a fully approved social worker
Experience working with school age students.
Professional tact, diplomacy and presentation with administrators, staff, teachers, students, parents and community members
Competency in oral and written communications
Has undergone a physical examination, by a licensed physician, that documents capability to perform required duties
Has an electronic fingerprint clearance from a criminal history record check
Responsibilities:
Performs casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional maladjustments related to their educational and social progress. Coordinates or serves as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning and placement committees and provides biological, psychological, and sociological assessment information related to the planning for students with identified concerns.
Collaboration with counseling department colleagues, regarding grade level programming and planning
Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of student behavior.
Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of helping students by increasing their understanding of how to constructively participate in resolving a student problem(s), and with sharing of own knowledge of appropriate available resources.
Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful background information related to the student.
Mt. Pleasant Public Schools, together with our community, inspires each student through exceptional educational opportunities to become an engaged citizen in a diverse, changing world.
Compensation: According to the negotiated Master Agreement with the Mt. Pleasant Support Personnel Association.
Application: Linda M. Boyd, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources
720 N. Kinney
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Mt. Pleasant Public Schools is a drug-free workplace and district policy requires drug testing for all potential employees. In compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the State of Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1977, Section 102(1), the Mt. Pleasant Public School District does not discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristics in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.
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