**Pending Board Approval** The WISD's Mission is to promote the continuous improvement of achievement for every student while providing high-quality service to our customers through leadership, innovation, and collaboration.
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 Facilitator is responsible for implementing and overseeing wraparound services for children and families, ensuring a comprehensive, strengths-based approach to meet their unique needs. This role involves engaging with families to develop individualized care plans while fostering collaboration among service providers, educators, and community resources.
A key component of this position includes leading professional learning series focused on wraparound coaching and leadership development. The facilitator will design and deliver training sessions to enhance the skills and knowledge of staff and stakeholders, promoting effective wraparound practices across the organization.
Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating team meetings, coordinating services, and monitoring progress toward goals. The Wraparound Facilitator will also serve as an advocate for families, ensuring they have access to necessary resources and support.
The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and communication skills, a deep understanding of trauma-informed care, and the ability to build collaborative relationships with diverse populations. A commitment to cultural competence and continuous improvement in wraparound practices is essential for empowering families and achieving positive outcomes in their lives.
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 facilitator for referred Wraparound Community Team cases.
- Facilitates family team meetings in keeping with Wraparound models and philosophy to work toward reduction and elimination of out-of-home and out-of-school placement.
- Serves as a resource to train child/family teams in the Wraparound process.
- Prepares and submits all required documentation including, but not limited to, Child and Family Status Reports, CAFAS reports, CANS assessment, billing summaries, time reports, and progress notes.
- Monitors and tracks progress toward goals, adjusting plans as necessary to meet changing needs.
- Provides ongoing support and guidance to families, helping them navigate available resources and services.
- Leads professional learning series on wraparound coaching and best practices for staff and community partners.
- Stays current on wraparound practices, policies, and community resources to provide informed support.
- Facilitates training sessions and workshops to enhance skills and knowledge of staff and stakeholders.
- Promotes cultural competence and sensitivity in all interactions with families and community members.
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
- Provides support to students and their families.
- Consults with staff members and assists in program planning for students.
- Investigates and disseminates information related to student experiences in and out of school and assesses the impact of these experiences on student functioning in the program.
- Serves as liaison between school personnel, family, and other agencies.
- Attends and provides staff support for all meetings and subcommittees of the Wraparound Community Team.
- Works in collaboration with County, WISD, and community partner teams to ensure student needs are identified and plans for implementation are met.
- Demonstrates ability to assist in interventions for youth.
- Provides services in the office, the clients’ homes, school, or other appropriate community settings.
- Other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: - Master’s degree in social work, or human services related field.
- Experience and training working with youth who have a wide range of cognitive, physical, and emotional abilities.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: - LMSW, LLMSW (required)
- Valid driver’s license
LANGUAGE SKILLS: - Demonstrates ability to effectively communicate and engage with elementary and secondary students.
- Demonstrates ability to read, analyze, and interpret information, including assessments, periodicals, and professional journals.
- Demonstrates ability to write 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 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.
- Exhibits knowledge of productivity applications such as Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software) is required.
- Exhibits ability to use computer technology for research, data management, communications, and other instruction.
- Exhibits 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 high proficiency in subject areas of reasoning, problem solving, organizational dynamics, and emotional intelligence.
- 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 several 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: Salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Nonaffiliated Staff Manual. Starting salary ranging (dependent upon experience) $83,024 - $102,035.
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.