Wraparound and Family Support Supervisor

The WISD's Mission is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can. 

The WISD’s Vision is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

SUMMARY:

The Wraparound and Family Support Team Supervisor (General Education) is a grant funded position assigned to provide a multi-dimensional approach to management, supervision and leadership to a team of social work providers and interns. The position will provide service coordination activities, including case assignment and management, reflective supervision, evaluation to ensure fidelity to the integrative wraparound model, and other duties of a supervisory nature.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Serves as a professional team lead worker within the WISD general education clinical team.
• Provides proactive, behavioral, field- and office-based coaching and instruction to staff.
• Ensures fidelity to the integrative wraparound model.
• Provides consultation to community and school partners, as well as potential partners.
• Assists with coordination and participation in team consultation visits.
• Provides feedback on and recommendations of appropriate delivery of treatment modalities.
• Assists with orientation and coordination of trainings for new team members.
• Represents the agency to the community, other WISD departments, outside agencies, families of students, and other interested parties in such a way that an understanding of students’ needs are fostered.
• Manages and provides oversight of service logging, billing, and reporting.
• Prepares and participates in the collection of data and information on services.
• Partners with others in creating new opportunities for students and their families to flourish within their school districts, various formal systems and communities.
• Enters data into required systems in a timely manner.
• Maintains databases.
• Prepares spreadsheets and reports.
• Solicits family and wraparound team feedback regarding whether wraparound guidelines are being followed.
• Uses feedback to improve delivery of services.
• Provides materials and consultant services to the parents and educational staff so they may better understand and appreciate the wraparound approach.
• Coaches and corrects staff behavior and practice patterns to increase fidelity to wraparound model.
• Works across departments and systems with peers and others to assure that all team members involved feel a sense of ownership and participation in the wraparound team.
• Works cooperatively and communicates with Districts and constituent district staff, students, and parents/guardians.
• Adheres to assigned Districts’ health and safety rules, policies, and procedures.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Supports a team-based approach to problem solving.
• Manages any conflict that may arise from diverse perspectives of staff, families, and/or wraparound community team.
• Facilitates respectful communication to identify shared goals and values.
• Maintains regular predictable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

 
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• N/A.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum Master’s Degree in social work is REQUIRED.
• Possesses two years clinical experience.
• Possesses a minimum of two years of wraparound facilitation experience required. Prior wraparound team supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrates a solid knowledge of core wraparound practices and ability to effectively communicate those practices to wraparound team and community partners.
• Demonstrates knowledge of common mental health conditions, substance abuse conditions, and mental health treatments/supports.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of a clinician’s role in a team environment.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

 
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• State of Michigan Licensed Master’s in Social Work (LMSW).
• Eligible for temporary or full approval as school clinician through the MDE.
• Possesses a valid license through the Michigan Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

 
LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to work with elementary and secondary students.
• Demonstrates ability to read, analyze, and interpret information, including assessments, periodicals, and professional journals.
• Demonstrates ability ability to prepare routine reports and correspondence.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of educators, parents, students, and the general public.

 
TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to integrate technology into the everyday workflow is necessary.
• Demonstrates ability to integrate technology into the everyday workflow is necessary.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize District technology and work to maintain proficiency, as required skill sets change with technology and/or the needs of the District.
• Demonstrates ability to use computer technology for research, data management, communications, and other instruction.
• Demonstrates ability to use a personal computer (PC) or MAC in a networked environment to utilize the Internet and other electronic communication mechanisms.
• Possesses knowledge of productivity applications such as Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software) - required.
• Demonstrates ability to use computer technology for research, data management, communications, and other instruction.
• Demonstrates ability to select and administer appropriate assessment tools and interpret results of assessment

 
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to apply the concepts of basic math, algebra, and geometry consistent with the duties of this position.

 
REASONING ABILITY:

• Exhibits a high proficiency in subject areas of reasoning, problem solving, organizational dynamics and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Demonstrates ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Demonstrates ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form..

 
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• Exhibits ability to build rapport with others and to serve diverse communities.
• Demonstrates ability to take initiative, work well with others as a collaborative team member and exhibit good communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively and collaboratively with other departments, agencies and individuals.
• Demonstrates ability to work creatively and skillfully with students.
• Demonstrates ability to take initiative and understanding in working with students, staff, and parents/guardians.

 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as books and teaching material or when assisting in student interventions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision and the ability to adjust focus. The ability to travel to other buildings is required. The position requires the individual to sometimes work irregular or extended work hours and meet multiple demands from multiple people. The ability to travel to other buildings is required.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
 
The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day. The employee is frequently required to interact with the public and other staff.  The employee is directly responsible for the safety and well-being of students.  The employee is exposed to infections at a greater risk than the average person. Occasionally the employee may be required to be outdoors for a short period of time and therefore, must be able to tolerate varied weather conditions when traveling to client’s homes, training courses or other community events related to program and agency requirements.
 
FUNCTIONS OF POSITION DESCRIPTION:
This position description has been prepared to define the general duties of the position, provide examples of work and to detail the required knowledge, skills and ability as well as the acceptable experience and training for the position.  The description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the duties of employees under supervision.  The WISD retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any portion of this description in its sole judgment.
 
This position description is not a contract for employment.
 
The WISD is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
 

TERMS: 

Contract, salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Non-Affiliated Staff Manual. Starting salary ranging (dependent upon experience) from $91,327 - $112,240.

Washtenaw Intermediate School District is a drug-free workplace.

It is the policy and commitment of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any legally protected characteristic, in its educational programs, activities, admissions, or employment policies in accordance with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, executive order 11246 as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all other pertinent state and Federal regulations.