Special Education Social Worker - BPS JobID: 2975 + Position Type: Special Services/ Social Worker + Date Posted: 5/5/2025 + Location: Biddeford Primary School    You can be aSocial Workeranywhere! Come and talk to us about a different experience.Check out why we are a different experience (https://youtu.be/Qh-OFdjKN8U) .Specific Job Details:Starting Fall 2025This position is to support students' overall well-being and academic success by addressing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.School Description: The Biddeford Primary School serves grades PreK - 2.We expect staff and students to embrace our three key pillars of learning: discovery, educating the whole child, and supporting them with a positive culture and climate.Find the Biddeford School Department's Three Pillars of Commitment to Students attached.Brief Job Duties:The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas: + Provide mental health services to students within the school setting, such as individual and group sessions and consultations with teachers and other staff. + Supports students and families to promote academic, social, and emotional growth. + Coordinate and communicate about services with families and outside providers (such as targeted case managers, therapists, probation officers, Department of Health and Human Services, police, crisis workers, and staff from other districts). + Complete required Special Education documentation, treatment notes, and billing. + Attend Individualized Educational Program meetings and team meetings as required. Full Job Description (https://www.biddefordschools.me/page/job-descriptions-district) Certification/License:Current State of Maine Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker-Conditional Clinical (LMSW-CC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Conditional license (LCPC-c) Criminal History Record Check (CHRC), which includes Fingerprints on file with the Maine Department of Education Education: Completion of a master's level program in social work or clinical counseling.Experience: + Experience in clinical treatment of children and adolescents. + Excellent skills in communicating and collaborating with staff. + Knowledge of education policies and procedures. + Understand the RTI process. Live and Work in the Biddeford, Maine Community + Located along the Atlantic coastline with miles of beaches + Views of the Saco River to its west + Less than 20 minutes south of the Greater Portland Area + It is less than two hours north of Boston. + Home to a growing population of diverse residents + Picturesque downtown + Maine's youngest city, with a median age of 29 in the historic downtown + Thriving economy + Many recreational opportunities, including fishing, hiking, biking, public parks, and kayaking (https://heartofbiddeford.org/) Equal OpportunityThe School Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district shall actively work to have the teacher and administrator workforce reflect the student body's diversity.The School Department's selection will be based on those with the highest capabilities, the most vital commitment to quality education, and the greatest probability of effectively implementing the learning program.Therefore, selections will be made without consideration on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, parental status, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, membership in an employee organization, military service, political affiliation, and any other state or federal prohibitions.For this policy, "sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression.Criminal Background CheckAll employees of Maine schools must be fingerprinted for a criminal history background check. Please create a Department of Education log-in and make an appointment for a fingerprinting appointment athttps://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprintingPlease see other Job Openings at :Biddeford Schools (https://www.biddefordschools.me/o/biddeford/page/employment) Dayton School (https://sites.google.com/daytonschooldept.org/dcs/district-information/employment-opportunities?authuser=0) Southern Maine Administrative Collaborative