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 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.
• 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. We desire a Social Worker that will proactively advocate for and design solutions to meet student needs and offer the support to teachers in our community to do the same. In addition, this role requires a keen attention to detail when it comes to scheduling students, managing their caseload, and prioritizing their time.
• Strong problem-solving skills, judgment and resilience. As a Social Worker, you will need to consider multiple areas of input and potential downstream impacts when coming to decisions related to particular students and how to best meet their needs. Social Workers that thrive at the Learning Community are excellent at considering various facets of student needs, rebounding from setbacks with students, teachers, or families and learning and problem-solving to meet their goals. They bring creativity, problem-solving and an adaptable approach to most challenges, while keeping student safety and respect for our students, parents, and school community front and center in their choices.
• Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills - especially in conflict or when collaborating with team members. The Learning Community aspires to be a space where we are all self and others aware, speak the truth directly to each other, fix mistakes quickly and own and repair any harm if it happens - whether with leaders, team members, students or families. We aim to communicate in a way that builds trust, makes decisions and organizational changes clear, and builds with our community - not just for them. For this role, it is critically important that candidates are able to work effectively with teachers, leaders and families to ensure student needs are being met.
• A strong lens on equity and inclusion as it relates to your work. As a social worker in a K-8 setting serving predominantly students and families of color, a strong understanding of how inequity shows up in education settings and an inclusive approach to communicating with and engaging families across lines of race and other dimensions of identity difference is a required must-have of this role. Salary, Benefits and Other Details : Workday. This position is a full-time, clinical social worker 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. For this role, our budgeted compensation range is $45,145-$89,259, with $45,145 representing the junior-most step in our scale and $89,259 representing the senior-most step in our scale. 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 : 8 weeks of vacation throughout the school year; 12 paid holidays; 13 paid sick days / 2 paid personal days per year.
• Optional Insurance : Vision / Dental / Additional Life / Short Term Disability- 100% employee paid.

Salary : $89,259