Social Worker; SY

Overview

Job Title:

Social Worker )

Location:

New Rochelle, NY

Capital Preparatory Schools provided pay range. This range is provided by Capital Preparatory Charter Schools. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Capital Preparatory Schools is a charter school management organization operating a network of educational communities. Our mission is to build a path where there was none. The Capital Prep community—our students, parents, faculty, and staff— have together created a compelling and meaningful educational experience. The Capital Preparatory Schools, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and New York, NY provides students in grades 6–12 with a year-round, college-preparatory education that encourages students to become scholars and agents of change.

Capital Preparatory Schools believes that all children, when given the right conditions and environment, will succeed and excel in their academic and social-emotional growth. This is achieved by blending elements of academic models that successfully support students from historically disadvantaged populations, with innovative approaches that get 100% of our graduates accepted to four-year colleges.

We focus on the key attributes of leaders; our learner expectations are designed to develop students who are collaborators, problem solvers, researchers, empathetic citizens, pillars of knowledge. With the support of the Capital Prep team of skilled and compassionate educators, students realize their academic abilities, advocate for social justice and fulfill their civic responsibilities. As leaders of social justice, we expect our students to use their education to improve the lives of others.

The social worker works under the direction of the principal to assist and support the implementation of student support initiatives. They aim to provide a school environment conducive to improving student achievement.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Supervise the consistent and fair administration and tracking of student data and create positive school culture;
• Contribute toward a safe environment for learning, including ensuring that student conduct is maintained and discipline is enforced fairly and consistently, and updating and implementing the required annual school safety report;
• Coach teachers on classroom and behavior management techniques;
• Identify and intervene with high-need students;
• Assess and differentiates between students with mental health, emotional and behavioral needs and assist in service interventions;
• Provide clinical individual and/or group counseling;
• Provide comprehensive case management and advocacy;
• Support school administration in conducting risk assessment, crisis intervention and mediation;
• Participate in Student Assistance Team to monitor and evaluate effectiveness of student intervention and action plans;
• Foster positive partnerships between the school, families and child serving organizations;
• Identify new opportunities to partner with youth service agencies, such as mental health providers, foster care, social services, juvenile justice, and drug prevention and treatment programs;
• Collaborate with administrators, teachers and support staff to:
• Implement and monitor individual student interventions and action plans
• Develop school-wide behavioral management tools
• Support attendance improvement initiatives
• Advocate for child safety and wellbeing
• Perform statistical, narrative and record-keeping duties, including data entry and maintaining case logs
• At the direction of school administration, ensure compliance with mandated reporting, confidentiality, social work code of ethics and other school-wide policies and regulation
• Strategic management and development of the school, including creating organizational goals and objectives, overseeing annual review, and—in collaboration with Capital Preparatory Schools—envisioning;
• ongoing strategies to maximize the effectiveness of the school model;
• Implement and follow policies and procedures for student dress code, discipline, and other policies; related to maintaining a positive school culture of learning and achievement;
• Serve as a…