Program DirectorLCSW Required
Program DirectorLCSW Required
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07-04-2025
Job Description
Partnership with Children works with public schools in New York Citys highestneed communities to provide critical social and emotional services for the hardesttoreach youth and to systematically support schools that are safe successful and conducive to learning.
This position oversees teams of staff several community schools. We view community schools as an essential strategy to fulfill our mission of working toward a more just and equitable society by helping vulnerable young people strengthen their emotional social and cognitive skills to succeed in school society and life. Our model of community schools is unique in that we pair Masterslevel clinical Social Workers with Community School Directors to work side by side in schools. This ensures that our community schools provide individual student and parent socialemotional supports facilitated by the Social Workers as well as the coordination of resources academic and enrichment supports and community development activities facilitated by our Community School Directors.
The ideal candidate is a skilled leader and manager is passionate about social justice and committed to empowering students families schools and communities
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours:
Salary and Benefits:
Salary range is $95000$105000. All fulltime employees receive an excellent benefits package including health dental and vision insurance a 401k retirement plan with employer match life insurance Flexible spending Account/FSA Commuter benefits and twenty four days paid annual leave per year plus four Summer Fridays and 12 other paid holidays.
This position oversees teams of staff several community schools. We view community schools as an essential strategy to fulfill our mission of working toward a more just and equitable society by helping vulnerable young people strengthen their emotional social and cognitive skills to succeed in school society and life. Our model of community schools is unique in that we pair Masterslevel clinical Social Workers with Community School Directors to work side by side in schools. This ensures that our community schools provide individual student and parent socialemotional supports facilitated by the Social Workers as well as the coordination of resources academic and enrichment supports and community development activities facilitated by our Community School Directors.
The ideal candidate is a skilled leader and manager is passionate about social justice and committed to empowering students families schools and communities
Responsibilities:
- Conduct weekly structured administrative supervision of direct reports (Social Work Directors who are LCSW/LMSWs and Community School Directors)
- Develop staffs management and leadership skills including conflict resolution negotiation building and maintaining effective collaborations and using data to inform programmatic decisions
- Serve as a guide during crisis situations with children and youth
- Model development and maintenance of key collaborative relationships including school principal school staff and various NYC Department of Education staff engaged at the school and District Levels
- Ensure the Partnership with Children program is implemented with fidelity to the model
- Develop staffs ability to integrate into and engage with school culture through fostering positive relationships with school community
- Direct the development of annual work plans and goals. Monitor progress and negotiate changes with stakeholders
- Ensure administrative records and data collection are timely and high quality including managing budgets
- Use data to monitor and improve program quality and make programmatic decisions
- Be an active participant in Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and utilize your knowledge and learning in your work
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated understanding of highneed communities and public schools as well as social service education and behavioral health issues that impact students and their families
- Commitment to demonstrating PWCs organizational values of: Collaboration Continuous Learning Going to Solution Equity & Inclusion and Passion
- Licensed as LCSW in New York State with SIFI certification
- At least 8 years of postmasters degree experience as a social worker
- At least 4 years experience as supervisor or manager preferably of social workers
- Strong knowledge of school as setting for social work practice experience working with school staff and families
- Exceptional managerial supervisory and staff development skills
- Understanding of change management as it relates to organizations and schools; ability to support staff in being change agents
- Superior engagement communication and presentation skills with stakeholders including principals and parents
- Ability to help schools develop interdisciplinary teams and systems and procedures
- Ability to form and maintain strong collaborative partnerships with colleagues principals and other strategic stakeholders
- Ability to thrive in a high autonomy/high accountability environment
- Ability to adapt; encourage openness flexibility and creativity in meeting programmatic and regulatory needs
- Outstanding collaborator and consensus builder
- Flexible multitasker who can handle multiple priorities
- Comfort working with elementary middle and high schools
- Strong commitment to personal and professional development
Hours:
- Fulltime some weeknight and Saturday hours
- Yearround position
Salary and Benefits:
Salary range is $95000$105000. All fulltime employees receive an excellent benefits package including health dental and vision insurance a 401k retirement plan with employer match life insurance Flexible spending Account/FSA Commuter benefits and twenty four days paid annual leave per year plus four Summer Fridays and 12 other paid holidays.
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