Social Worker
Specialized Education Services
Location
Champaign County, Ohio
Quick overview
Provide individual and group counseling services to K-12 students to support their social-emotional and behavioral needs. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement IEPs, BIPs, and behavior management strategies.
Requirements summary
Requires a Master's degree in social work, human services, or a related field and professional licensure (e.g., LPC, LCSW, LMFT). Preference is given to candidates with 2 years of experience working with children and adolescents in school or behavioral health settings.
Job description
Company Overview
- Shine on as a social worker.
- Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI), a division of FullBloom, is a premier provider of education services for K-12 students who require additional supports to overcome challenges that impede success in a traditional school setting.
- SESI partners with school districts to run in-district classrooms and standalone schools that meet the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of special and alternative education students.
- Partnering with over 600 school districts nationwide, SESI serves more than 7,000 students.
- Join our team members who shine a positive light on our students and uncover the unique learner within.
- Have a profound impact, grow, learn, and thrive as part of our team.
- What you can expect from us.
- Diverse career pathways, mobility up and across our national network, and ongoing professional and leadership development.
- Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and credentialing support.
- Data-driven, evidence-based learning and instructional models, including SESI’s own positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) framework called CASE.
- An attractive and robust suite of benefits, including comprehensive healthcare benefits, 401(k) with employer match, employee assistance program, mental health support, fertility and family building, and more.
- Smaller class sizes in diverse educational settings.
Overview
Champion possibility and fuel student success by providing social-emotional services for students who need additional support to shine in school. As a vital, integrated member of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll collaborate with school teams and families in delivering SESI’s proven, high-quality services—including individual or group counseling services.
Responsibilities
- Work with a diverse group of students from varying developmental, cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Provide individual, group, or push-in counseling services to students in accordance with their individualized education plan (IEP) or behavior intervention plan (BIP).
- Collaborate on creating IEPs, including social-emotional IEP goal setting and IEP meeting participation.
- Complete social-emotional and behavior assessments, analyze data to identify student strengths and weaknesses, and develop functional behavior assessments, BIPs, and other transition plans.
- Implement behavior management and intervention strategies, including de-escalation techniques, crisis management, and physical restraint when necessary to maintain the safety of students and staff.
- Support social-emotional learning skill development through targeted curricula, assessments, and more intensive behavior support as needed.
- Provide in-service training with other teams, including expressive therapy and clinical teams.
- Collaborate with external partners and providers to support students, families, and staff.
- Maintain documents in student files according to regulatory agency requirements.
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Qualifications
Professional licensure, including LPC or LCPC, LCSW or LMSW, and LMFT or LMHC, LCMHC. Master’s degree in social work, human services, or related field (mental health, psychology, counseling). 2 years of experience working with children and adolescents in a school, special education, or behavior health setting preferred.
Posted
Salary Range
USD $60,000.00 - USD $75,000.00 /Yr. Physical Requirements
- Ability to run short distances and move swiftly in response to student needs, including bending, kneeling, and crouching.
- Ability to lift and assist students with mobility challenges, often requiring the handling of up to 50 pounds or more.
- Skill in managing fine motor tasks, such as helping students with writing, manipulating small objects, or using adaptive devices.
- Ability to operate a computer or tablet for up to 8 hours daily.
- Capacity to notice and respond to non-verbal cues from students.
- Capacity to remain calm and composed during physically and emotional demanding situations, ensuring student safety and well-being Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid training
- Mental health support
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee assistance program
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Credentialing support
- Fertility and family building