Period of Service: School year
Location: Office of Social Work, Timilty Middle School
Reports to: Assistant Director of Student Support

POSITION SUMMARY:

The District Social Worker (DSW) works as part of a team that provides professional development and mentoring as well as provides culturally and linguistically responsive and sustaining services to students, families and school communities, including crisis response and coordination. It is critical that the District Social Worker Team represent the linguistic diversity of our BPS students and families to support Social Workers and schools in order to provide services and support in the home languages of students and families. This is a central office-based 183-day position does not strictly follow the school calendar, and will shift up to 10 days a year (between August to June) to best serve the students and families of the Boston Public Schools.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Strong skills using the Google Suite platform.
• Minimum of 4 years professional experience in an urban setting similar to Boston Public Schools providing educational and clinical services.
• Certification by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a School Adjustment Counselor/School Social Worker.
• Masters Degree in Social Work, School Counseling, or Mental Health Counseling.
• Licensed Certified Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
• Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with and among students, adults and multiple stakeholders from various racial/ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
• Demonstrated coaching, mentoring and clinical supervision skills
• Demonstrated experience providing professional development and training
• Demonstrated understanding of racial equity and ability to engage in dialogue about race, intersectionality and systems of oppression
• Demonstrated cultural proficiency and a deep sense of cultural humility and self-awareness.
• Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.
• While an individual candidate is not required to be bilingual/biliterate, the team of District Social Workers must hold fluency in the top home languages of the district’s students and families: Spanish, Cabo Verdean Creole, Hatian Creole, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Somali.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
• Four (4) years experience or more in Boston Public Schools
• Certification as a Trainer of Safety Care
• Certification in Psychological First Aid
• Experience working with special education system
• Certification in Conflict Resolution
• BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity.
  Terms: BTU, Group I, plus additional compensation equal to 5% of the individual’s annual base salary.
  Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohr (under “Employee Benefits and Policies") for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.
  The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics, natural or protective hairstyle, military status, immigration status, English language proficiency, or any other factor prohibited by law in its programs and activities. BPS does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals’ dignity or interferes with their ability to work or learn. If you require an accommodation pursuant to the ADA for the application process, please contact the Accommodations Unit at accommodations@bostonpublicschools.org

Time percentages are estimations and may vary day to day and year to year.