2025-26 High School Social Worker (9-12)

Kipp Austin Public Schools • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

KIPP Philadelphia seeks a highly dedicated Social Worker who will bring a “whatever it takes” attitude to its team. Our Social Worker will work directly with students and families to provide effective, high quality interventions. Our Social Worker will also work directly with teachers to cultivate their knowledge of students' social and emotional development. Ideally, our Social Worker has the ability to supervise social work interns and manage this small team to provide a higher level of support for students. Our Social Worker provides the following core services: prevention, intervention, assessment, and collaboration.

Requirements

• Masters in Social Work or Counseling from an accredited institution
• Pennsylvania Licensure (LSW minimum)
• Commitment to working with underserved students

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within an urban school
• Pennsylvania Clinical Licensure (LCSW)

Responsibilities

• Provide group or 1:1 counseling services to students with and without IEPs
• Participate in weekly intervention meetings to thought partner with teachers around social and emotional interventions
• Build relationships and collaborate with external education and social services professionals to develop appropriate agency services for students and families
• Facilitate workshops and other learning opportunities for families
• Conduct home visits that support families to meet KIPP expectations and increases student/family involvement
• Participate on school staff teams to develop policies and practices to proactively build school culture including opportunities for team-building and collaboration among students
• Help drive a school-wide atmosphere that best suits the needs of our students, teachers, and families
• Facilitate professional development for teachers to help them understand child development and how it affects student performance academically and social/emotionally
• Lead the school's SAP program
• Drive social and emotional intervention plans for our most high need students
• Run individual and group counseling sessions with research based social and emotional practices
• Assist students, teachers, and families to develop solutions to family and community factors that influence students' capacity or ability to learn
• Serve as the building lead for crisis intervention, managing crisis protocols from referral through to transition back to school
• Drive interagency collaboration and wrap-around services for students
• Attend IEP and inter-departmental meetings for students receiving Social Work services
• Complete high quality progress notes for all students receiving social work services weekly and maintain up-to-date records for all services rendered
• Conduct interviews with a student, family members, and KIPP staff members to gather information about each student's social, emotional, and behavioral needs; help all constituents integrate information to best meet the student's needs
• Conduct observations to gather data in order to determine best options for interventions
• Supervise and mentor social work interns
• Create professional learning goals each year and implement feedback as part of working towards these goals
• Offer support to and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to growth and improvement
• Be available for Open Houses, Family-Teacher Conferences, and other events involving families outside of normal operating hours

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree