School Social Worker at Reach Charter Academy
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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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National Heritage Academies is an equal-opportunity employer.
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
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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