Teacher, Social Worker - Candidate Pool
Minneapolis Public Schools
- Minneapolis, MN
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Performs special education due process related duties and responsibilities; serves as administrative designee on Individual Education Plan (IEP) team - facilitating meetings, taking notes, IEP planning, complete due process paperwork, etc.
- Provides direct social/emotional skill service to special education students; evaluates and assess students with suspected disabilities.
- Contacts parents of special education students with information regarding meetings and due process rights; conduct parent interviews; responds to parent questions and concerns.
- Assists special education team members with due process timelines.
- Provides direct social/emotional evidence based and culturally responsive intervention for students; consults with staff regarding support and interventions for students, interpreting behaviors for staff.
- Facilitates social skills groups.
- Collaborates with community mental health providers and case managers.
- Connects students and families with basic needs resources; communicates, problem solves, and shares information with community partners.
- Provides individual and group support for students and families around issues of grief and loss, trauma, suicide ideation, etc.; provides classroom lessons on grief and loss; psychoeducation; collaborates with crisis assessors - talks with families about crisis assessment resources, arranges for crisis assessment.
- Prepares Child Protective Services referrals reporting abuse and neglect concerns.
- Collaborates with Homeless and Highly Mobile Students program to advocate and implement the McKinney Vento requirements; provides support to homeless and highly mobile students; trains staff on the McKinney Vento law.
- Implements attendance interventions and support.
- Participates in the building leadership School Support Teams/Response To Intervention/data teams; reviews referral data; assist teachers in interventions in Classroom For Success (CFS); provides CFS training.
- Coordinator for 504 law accommodations plans.
- Intervenes in student alcohol/drug issues.
- Gay Straight Alliance support and group facilitation.
- Must be able to transport students and/or parents
- Enthusiastically promotes the Superintendent's goals and priorities in compliance with all policies and procedures.
- Maintains absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, records and MPS information.
- Principles; practices, and ethical standards of social work.
- Laws, codes and regulations related to assignments.
- Disabilities and accommodations.
- Crisis intervention and counseling techniques.
- Community resources and programs available to clients with identified needs.
- Multi-tiered evidence based interventions for supporting and improving children and youth social/emotional/mental health functioning, including culturally responsive practice.
- Typical development milestones and mental health issues of children.
- Child welfare systems and community resources.
- MPS discipline policy and procedures.
- Providing direct social work service to special education students, as outlined in the Individual Education Plan.
- Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities.
- Providing direct social/emotional/mental health services, individual and group, to students.
- Family engagement skills; knowledge of family systems theory.
- Conflict mediation, crisis management.
- Analyzing, interpreting and applying complex laws, codes, regulations and procedures.
- Assessing cases appropriately and utilizing the most appropriate community and welfare resources to provide effective client services.
- Using initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines.
- Organizing own work, setting priorities and meeting critical deadlines.
- Valid license as a school social worker by MDE.
- Licensed by the Board of Social Work at the graduate level or higher (LGSW, LISW, or LICSW).
- A valid Minnesota State Driver's License may be required
Diversity is one of Minneapolis Public Schools core values and is essential to our goal of putting children first and making them college-ready. Diversity of our workforce provides us with a competitive advantage and allows us to better understand, communicate with and educate our diverse student body. Minneapolis Public Schools will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender or gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, age, family care leave status, or veteran status.Minneapolis Public Schools strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply.Posting Notes: | 12:01 AM On | Talent Acquisition (10000777) | Davis Center (0001) | Teaching