School Social Worker - Burlington High School

School Social Worker – Burlington High School

Job : 5534532
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Feb 11, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: To Be Determined

School Social Worker
Burlington High School

The Burlington School District believes a diverse and culturally proficient faculty and staff are pivotal to the creation of a strong learning and working environment that supports student achievement and success. BSD administrators lead inclusive school communities with our vision: "Cultivating caring, creative, and courageous people. – Join the journey."

The Mission of the Burlington School District is to graduate students who:

• Value different cultures;
• Engage with the community;
• Communicate effectively;
• Think creatively;
• Skillfully solve problems; and
• Achieve at their highest academic, intellectual and personal potential

The Burlington School District is seeking a qualified Social Worker who will proactively implement and support preventative interventions to close opportunity gaps and create a more inclusive school community. Such interventions would include promoting general well‑being of students, working with outside agencies to provide support to families, offering mentoring and suggestions for faculty and staff and developing and providing crisis intervention strategies to improve student success.

• Provide therapeutic interventions and supports (individual and group) for students and families experiencing significant emotional/behavioral/environmental challenges in order to facilitate mental health and social emotional success and healing
• Educate and consult with school staff around mental health issues
• Work to maximize coping skills for students experiencing difficult situations, including facilitating student support groups based on identified needs
• Collaborate around systems‑level interventions including Restorative Justice practices, truancy, and Social Emotional Learning through the lenses of mental health, equity, and social justice
• Provide crisis prevention and intervention
• Maintain data and create quarterly data reports of students serviced in order to equitably serve students

• Master's Degree in a mental health discipline
• Licensed or eligible for Vermont Educators License
• Endorsement in secondary level 54‑School Social Worker or eligible for Vermont Provisional License
• Experience working with youth with mental health challenges
• A Clinical License (LICSW, LCMHC) OR on the Roster of Non‑Licensed & Non‑certified Psychotherapists

• Experience working in a school‑based or youth‑serving setting, particularly at the secondary (high school) level
• Demonstrated ability to support students through a trauma‑informed, strengths‑based, and culturally responsive lens
• Experience facilitating individual and group counseling for adolescents
• Strong understanding of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and restorative practices
• Ability to collaborate effectively with educators, administrators, families, and community‑based agencies
• Experience supporting students facing systemic barriers, including those related to race, disability, socioeconomic status, and other marginalized identities
• Skill in crisis prevention, assessment, and intervention within a school environment
• Comfort using data and documentation to monitor services, inform interventions, and support equitable decision‑making
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to consult, coach, and provide professional guidance to school staff
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to ongoing professional learning, reflection, and growth

These are the physical and mental/reasoning requirements of the position as it is typically performed. The inability to meet one or more of these physical or mental/reasoning requirements will not automatically disqualify a candidate or employee from the position. For a full Job Description please contact Human Resources.

Include but may not be limited to:

• Face‑to‑Face contact
• Noise Levels
• Verbal contact with others
• Judgment/decision making
• Inside air conditioning and heat