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Roseville, Michigan

School Social Worker at Reach Charter Academy

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

School Information

Located in Roseville, MI, Reach Academy opened in 2008 and serves students K-8.

At Reach, you can connect passion with purpose.

To learn more about Reach Academy click here.

Why Choose Reach Academy

  • Starting pay above market scales.
  • Competitive benefits at affordable rates.
  • Access to a best-in-class curriculum with advanced instructional tools and resources.
  • Ensures a safe learning environment with internal and external cameras.
  • Colleagues you enjoy working with to serve students.
  • Personalized development and coaching opportunities.
  • Named Detroit’s Best & Brightest Companies to Work For.
  • Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Provide group and individual counseling sessions and classroom support to special education students as mandated per student IEPs, as well as progress monitor IEP goals associated with mandated services and participate in student IEP meetings.
  • Provide group and individual counseling sessions to general education students, as well as monitor the students’ responses to the interventions identified.
  • Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans, including providing support and consultation to general and special education teachers.
  • Complete psychosocial assessments to assist in the determination of special education services.
  • Conduct functional behavior assessments and communicate the results to all team members in parent-friendly language
  • Complete risk assessments on students referred for school social work services.
  • Establish relationships with both students and parents and participate in all aspects of school planning.
  • Assist in identifying needed community resources for students and make appropriate referrals to resources to facilitate educational and behavioral interventions recommended for student success
  • Provide staff consultation on behavioral-emotional-environmental issues affecting student participation in the learning process and collaborate with school staff and other school system personnel in implementing strategies to promote student learning.
  • Provide crisis intervention services.
  • Maintain state-required clinical records and submit appropriate documents for statistical reports with adherence to program standards in school social work.

Qualifications

  • MSW degree and
  • Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) and
  • School Social Work Full Approval and/or Provisional/Professional School Social Worker Certificate issued in the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS)

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Key Responsibilities

Provide individual and group counseling to students while managing IEP goals and behavior intervention plans. Collaborate with staff and parents to provide crisis intervention and connect students with community resources.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

IEP ManagementCommunity Resource Referral

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates School Social Worker at Reach Charter Academy at National Heritage Academies a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,480 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

In Michigan, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$73k (89 salary observations; 724 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,412 salary observations; 19,550 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 34% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution37 jobs · 32 employers

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$130k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
45%
Sign-on bonus
23%
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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LifeStance Health · Vancouver, Washington

$123k-$141k
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LifeStance Health · West Linn, Oregon

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Clinical Supervisor - CA - LPCC and LCSW

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Remote (LCSW) Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Virginia

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,480 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Roseville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$182k
Typical market rent
$1,281/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive Benefits
Personalized Development
Coaching Opportunities
Safe Learning Environment