Clinician - 2023/2024 School Year

About Mastery:

We believe educational inequity is the most pressing social problem facing our country and the civil rights issue of our day. Mastery exists to help solve this problem. Our ultimate goal is to create a model urban school district that serves all students with excellence. We are organized around one driving mission: All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams. To fulfill this mission, we attend to the whole child – academically and emotionally – matching high expectations for students with high levels of support.

Mastery Charter Schools is a nonprofit network of more than 24 schools serving over 14,500 students in Philadelphia and Camden.   We are the largest turnaround school operator in the nation and have been lauded by President Obama and the US Department of Education for our ability to dramatically boost academic achievement in historically low-performing schools.

We know neighborhood schools matter, all students deserve access to a great education, and the people in our buildings can grow and develop sustainably to make the biggest impact possible in this work.

Mastery's Equity Vision:

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to achieving our mission.

We strive to be an anti-racist school district that eliminates the inequities in academic achievement that limit our students’ choices; that cultivates classrooms where every student is affirmed, supported, and held to high expectations; and that nurtures a diverse organization where students, staff, and families are valued, respected, and included.

Clinician: Mastery Clinicians earn an annual salary of between $53,000-$83,000 based on years of experience and level of education.

This role is eligible for up to $3,000 in bonuses.

The Opportunity:

The clinician is committed to supporting students with emotional disabilities and other health impairments through individual and group counseling sessions, skills development, and case management.

• Lead individual counseling sessions with students based on their Individualized Education Plan.
• Plan and facilitate social and emotional skill acquisition class.
• Facilitate small therapeutic groups.
• Develop and monitor social, emotional, and behavior IEP goals.
• Ability to teach and reinforce appropriate positive behaviors in a classroom and counseling setting.
• Ability to connect a student in crisis with outside resources when appropriate.
• Ability to collaborate with general and special education teachers to develop Functional Behavioral Assessments and implement Positive Behavior Supports for student with emotional support needs.
• Provide coaching to general and special education teachers to effectively implement the positive behavioral support interventions.
• Ability to work as a team member to support the Emotional Support programming.
• Effective communication with families of students with emotional disabilities.
• Effective communication with outside service providers.
• Completing other identified tasks

• Individual and group therapy experience.
• Experience working with students with disabilities in an educational setting.
• Successful experience working with student with Emotional Support needs (preferred).
• Experience leading a class and implementing effective classroom management strategies (preferred).
• Detail-oriented and committed to collecting specified data to support student programming.
• Experience with functional behavioral assessments, and the development / implementation of positive behavioral support plans (preferred).
• Maintain strong clinical documentation.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work well as a member of a classroom and school team.
• Results-oriented individual – a flexible thinker willing to do “whatever it takes.”
• Belief in the Mastery Charter School mission and instructional model.

• Masters of Social Work, Masters of Counseling, or other closely related fields required.
• PA Licensure as a LSW, LCSW, LPC preferred.

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required such as maneuvering in classrooms and physically supporting students in the classroom; Standing, walking, sitting for long periods of time, speak loudly and clearly, seeing and hearing things both near and far away, stooping, kneeling, fine finger and hand manipulation in use of a computer, chalkboard, dry erase board or projector.

Mastery's Benefits Package:

We offer a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Some of our most popular benefits include our 403(b) retirement plan for PA employees (with a 5% match from Mastery), enrollment in the State of New Jersey Pension Plan for NJ employees, a robust Employee Assistance Program, mental health and counseling programs, an annual Professional Development Fund, and discounts and perks at a myriad of retailers, travel organizations, insurance providers, and so much more, as well as a Benefits VIP Helpdesk to help you navigate various benefits-related topics!

Please go here to see all of our Benefits offerings!

Mastery's Annual Calendar:

As you plan to make Mastery your new work home, please feel free to review our PA Academic Calendar for SY 22/23 and our NJ Academic Calendar for SY 22/23. We like to think our calendar is a benefit of working here too!

Mastery Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

UPDATE AS OF January 2023 - Please review Mastery’s Health and Safety Plans here to learn about our approach to vaccination and testing as well as our response to COVID-19. For ongoing positions, Mastery roles are designated as in-person, with regular on-site responsibilities, unless otherwise noted.  As such, Employees must be able to support Mastery Schools’ academic plan and business strategies on-site – at a Mastery campus - as required.  

Exceptions to this requirement will be considered on an individualized basis.

Salary : $53,000 - $83,000