Duties
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Achieving Therapeutic Goals
? Provides crisis management services, when applicable
? Conducts Life-Space Interviews with students, when appropriate
? Diffuses student anger
? Facilitates group therapy
? Provides individual therapy
? Supports classroom and interpersonal interactions through classroom-based/unit-based activities
Providing Training/Education
? Assumes responsibility for designing systems of support for students in the program (e.g. Peer Mediation, Peer Counseling, etc.)
? Facilitates and provides in-depth family training
Coordinating Case Management
? Communicates frequently with student families
? Connects students to available resources for future planning
? Works collaboratively with outside agencies and personnel, when appropriate, to assist with meeting student needs
? Initiates, facilitates and monitors Wraparound Planning, when appropriate
? Assists with designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating functional analyses and behavior plans
? Communicates regularly with team members regarding individual student strengths, needs and educational programming
Staff Roles
? Maintains a safe environment for students and staff
? Therapeutically processes with students, inappropriate behaviors that occur, when students are ready
? Restrains when necessary in accordance with policy and after having been properly trained
? Demonstrates professionalism while setting examples for students
? Obtains and applies knowledge and strategies from the various disciplines which make up the trans-disciplinary team
? Participates in transition planning, when appropriate
? Assists with in-service to district personnel on the needs of students when they are returning to a less restrictive environment
? Acts as a resource for team members regarding mental health, personal development and/or social issues
? Shares knowledge of resources and agencies that provide support services to a specialized population and/or program
? Assists with in-service to district personnel on the needs of students when they are returning to a less restrictive environment
? Participates in transition, when appropriate
? Acts as a resource for team members regarding mental health, personal development and/or social issues
? Shares knowledge of resources and agencies that provide support services to a specialized population and/or program
? Strives to maintain a working knowledge of curriculum and Illinois State Standards
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS: Masters Degree in Social Work, Illinois Type 73 Certificate in Social Work
Salary/Benefits
Salary and benefits determined by the Board of Directors of SWCCCASE