School Social Worker

School Social Worker

Full-Time, 10 Month Position, Role Level 3

Reports To:

Director of Student Success

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No

The Opportunity:

As the school social worker, you have unique training to help our young people with social-emotional challenges that impact youth development and post-secondary success. You will utilize your leadership, advocacy, and collaborative skills to provide preventative services and respond to student's social and emotional needs so barriers to student success can be removed while providing the academic and career development of students within the educational setting.

You will do this through participation in the school counseling program, delivering small-group counseling, and providing appraisal and advice directed at improving a student's social-emotional well-being. You will promote a positive, culturally responsive, restorative justice environment that enhances students' ability to properly manage the social-emotional demands of their lives.

Who You Are:

• Invested in our core values - Respect, Excellence and Perseverance.
• Equity-focused and believe that all students can achieve.
• Passionate about community service and civic engagement.
• Excited to mentor students and support them throughout their time at Youth Build and beyond.
• Collaborative and dedicated to personal and professional development.
• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited college or university and a LSW or LCSW.
• PA Department of Education's School Social Worker certificate (CSPG 20), strongly preferred.
• Three to five years' experience in school social work (preferred) and/or case-management, utilizing appropriate principles and techniques.
• Extensive knowledge of local services, supports and community resources available to Philadelphia Youth.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, highly flexible work—often highly intense—work environment.
• Strong commitment to helping young adults succeed in reorienting their lives, nurturing their leadership skills, and enabling them to make a difference in their community.

Requirements:

• Conduct individual and group counseling sessions to address students' social, emotional and behavioral concerns and provide group guidance and social skills activities for students related to topics such as self-awareness, bullying prevention, reproductive health, and social awareness for a caseload of students
• Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents required in supporting students' social, emotions and behavioral needs.
• Be the lead counselor and facilitator for students with substance abuse, ensuring students are referred to agencies to support their needs.
• Provide crisis counseling to students experiencing mental health and/or social service emergencies
• Provide crisis intervention and advise on behavior management strategies to expedite students' return to classrooms for learning and to build students' the school's expectations and as a referral source for students when social-emotional challenges are escalated
• Collaborate with teachers, parents and other professionals to develop comprehensive support plans for students, including participation in IEP meetings to facilitate communication regarding student needs, where appropriate
• Collaborate with other school staff members to develop and implement strategies for addressing school-wide social-emotional issues.
• Facilitate the SAP meeting ensuring agendas, minutes and next steps are updated, communicated and complete.
• Assist students in setting and achieving academic goals, exploring career interests, and selecting an appropriate pathway during Youth Build's program and post-secondary planning.
• Facilitate learners' ability to achieve their potential by helping them set and attain challenging social-emotional goals.
• Deliver behavior management and de-escalation techniques to create a safe school environment for all students
• Participate as a member of the IEP team and support with the coordination and implementation of special education services.
• Refer students and families to appropriate community agencies
• Facilitate child abuse reporting, including supporting mandated reports when needed, and to communicate…