Job description
- Direct-Hire, Salaried position with benefits and paid benefit time off
- Hours 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., M-F, following a School Calendar
- Only ONE of the following Licenses/Certifications: Certified School Social Worker (IL PEL Certificate), MSW with LSW, LCSW, LCPC, LCP, LPC
Responsibilities
- Employ data-based decision-making regarding multidisciplinary collaboration, functional behavior assessments, and behavioral approaches
- Build leadership to effectively help students succeed
- Develop positive behavioral and academic interventions
- Monitor student progress and evaluations, program evaluations, and consult with educational staff, parents, and other professionals
- Some local travel to other Menta locations may be necessary at times
Qualifications
- Only One of the following Licenses/Certifications: Certified School Social Worker (IL PEL Certificate), MSW with LSW, LCSW, LCPC, LCP, LPC
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strong consultative and data analysis abilities
- Creative thinker who can develop a wide range of interventions meeting the needs of a diverse student population
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is preferred, but not required
- Excellent communication skills
Benefits
- 10-Month Position with 12-Month Pay
- Access to affordable medical, dental, and vision plans
- 403(b) Savings Plan
- Generous Paid Benefit Time-Off
At Menta Academy Plainfield personalized learning is the hub of our strategic curricular design intended to meet the needs of every student. Starting with the end in mind (learning targets and academic goals), a leveraging of current technologies coupled with highly trained instructional facilitators creates a rich learning environment supporting all student needs. Menta’s Academy Plainfield’s learning spaces are unique and specially designed to combine traditional teacher/student interaction with state-of-the-art technology and learning innovations. Those learning spaces are flexible and can accommodate a variety of learning activities, such as inquiry learning and project-based learning. Our rooms are designed to mimic productive spaces learners find in business and corporate environments, helping students achieve a mindset designed for adult learning and work.
Accreditation
Menta Academy Plainfield is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education as a nonpublic educational facility (14-7.02) for special education students in kindergarten through age 22. It offers elementary, middle, and high school programming to children with diverse learning needs.
Professional Association Membership and Partnerships
The Menta Group affiliates are members/partners with CEC, CASE, Autism Speaks, ISBA, IAPSEC, IASA, ISBA, AASA, CCSSO, IAASE, ASCD, and many more associations that focus on the education of children with disabilities.
About The Menta Group:
The Menta Group evolved into a dynamic, responsive, multi-state education non-profit, operating numerous private and public/private partnership schools. The organization still firmly adheres to its policy to never give up on a child and that no student will be rejected, suspended, or expelled.MissionTo provide innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services.VisionWe envision a society in which all youth can be successful. As an organization, we are especially committed to making success a reality for at-risk youth. We strive to be the recognized national leader in serving at-risk youth in educational and social service settings through the provision of empirically-based innovative solutions to critical problems in education and human services. Our goal is to also support the professionals who work with at-risk youth by focusing on program development, professional training, and child advocacy.
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