Job Description

SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER

AnthroMed Education is an employer dedicated to partnering with Special Education professionals with local schools across Michigan. We actively support our Special Educators to help them truly make an impactful difference in children’s lives. Our organization has an urgent opening for a School Social Worker in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In this role, the selected candidate will manage a group of Elementary School Students, on a full-time basis. This position is starting immediately and will go until the end of the school year (June 11th). We invite School Social Workers to apply, and an AnthroMed Education team member will be in touch with you very soon!

SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER DUTIES ENTAIL:

• Work with parents and children in a confidential and caring manner and assists the family, school, and community in anyway required to bridge gaps between family and schools.
• Promote a school climate and culture conducive to student learning.
• Utilize effective practices that provide for safe environments and supportive relationships.
• Provide advocacy, child welfare, and case management services to students.
• Assess, identify and provide clinical interventions to students with emotional, social, attendance and/or behavioral concerns within the general education population.
• Utilize student performance data as a guide for decision making.
• Perform consultations with classroom teachers and be a resource for school site personnel on mental health and social/emotional issues that may affect classroom performance.
• Coordinate, develop and facilitate professional development for teachers, staff and administrators in the area of social/emotional learning, self-care and trauma sensitive schools.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER:

• Master’s in Social Work (MSW) required.
• Licensure specific to the Michigan Department of Education.
• Previous experience working with students in a school

ANTHROMED EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

AnthroMed LLC will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran, or military status.