Social Worker, Educationally Related Mental Health Services (Ermhs) - PEC Special Ed Local Plan Area (Selpa) (2024-25)

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Job Summary

Job Summary

BASIC FUNCTION: Under joint administrative and clinical supervision, the ERMHS Social Worker provides a full range of mental health services to designated students with special education services.

The ERMHS Social Worker provides services in the District's Special Education programs to students diagnosed with mental health disorders. REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: Incumbent may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below.

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but are intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Perform ERMHS social work services for a caseload of students at various school sites, and/or in an assigned Counseling Enriched Special Day Classroom on site, and in the field.

Develop a therapeutic milieu that is based on understanding the effects of human feelings, conflicts, and trauma on students' learning ability and behavior if working in a Counseling Enriched Special Day Classroom; collaborate with the team to develop and implement a positive behavior management/intervention system to improve student functioning and academic success. Conduct initial assessments and evaluations of students' mental health, behavioral, social and emotional problems and needs per Federal Special Education, Medi-Cal, and Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) requirements. Develop individualized mental health treatment plans that meet standards of clinical and ethical practice, referencing ERMHS and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and objectives.

Maintain confidential client records per Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. Diagnose mental health conditions using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V) under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Complete daily progress notes and submit into the county- and d

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