School Social Worker

School Social Worker

The Learning Community, a vibrant public charter school that centers the voices of students, families, and teachers seeks a collaborative, dedicated School Social Worker who holds high expectations for all students. At The Learning Community we believe that literacy empowers each individual to have a voice, take social action and assume community responsibility. We grow teacher leaders, student leaders, and community leaders.

Day To Day Responsibilities:

• Provides direct and indirect school social work services to students in grades K-8 within the school setting collaborating with our other school social worker.
• Acts as a liaison between the home, school and community providers to access, mobilize and coordinate services.
• Proactively partners with school personnel to co-facilitate student conversations, enhance school climate, coordinate around student needs and support at all tiers of intervention.
• Delivers trainings to children and team members around mental health topics, classroom supports, and conflict resolution
• Provides crisis intervention services and collaboration as needed
• Conducts assessments, screenings and student evaluations as required, inclusive of needs assessments and crisis response assessments.

Minimum Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, all candidates must possess or be eligible for a RI Department of Education School Social Worker certification. In addition, all candidates must be U.S. citizens or residents or have work visas. In addition, they must demonstrate:

• A proactive, organized approach to advocating for and meeting student needs.
• Being a reliable, collaborative, and consistently strong colleague.
• Strong problem-solving skills, judgment, and resilience.
• Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills - especially in conflict or when collaborating with team members.

Salary, Benefits and Other Details:

Workday. This position is a full-time, certified role based at the Learning Community Charter School in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Social workers are expected to work 7:45-3:15 pm most days except for Wednesdays where the hours are 7:45am-4:45pm due to whole team meetings. Additionally, the individual will be required to attend Summer Institute in August prior to the start of each school year.

Salary scale available on our website Vacation and Benefits. In addition, we are proud to currently offer:

• Medical Insurance: 82% of annual premium paid by Learning Community for single or family plans.
• Retirement:
  Participation in the State of RI Teacher Pension Plan.
• Life Insurance: $50k life insurance plan free of charge while employed by LC.
• Time off: school vacations and 10 paid sick days/5 paid personal days per year.
• Optional Insurance:
  Vision/Dental - 100% employee paid.