Social Worker
Social Worker
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11-04-2025
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11-04-2025
Job Description
At Rocketship Public Schools we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential.We believe that every student deserves the right to dream to discover and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our nonprofit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement develops exceptional educators and partners with parents who enable highquality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents teachers leaders and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools we are unleashing potential.
Rocketship Public Schools is looking for a dynamic committed and flexible Social Worker to become part of a vibrant educational community. The Rocketship Social Worker will do whatever it takes to improve student achievement and ensure that students are progressing on their individual goals.
Social Workers at Rocketship help families navigate and overcome obstacles so that their Rocketeers are on the path to college. Rocketship Social Workers are responsible for delivering effective highquality interventions that are data driven.
Essential Functions
- Demonstrate positive collaborative problemsolving orientation with students parents and guardians educators administrators community members and colleagues
- Provide core services including: prevention consultation intervention assessment and counseling. Services include but are not limited to conducting observations collecting data reviewing student records conferring with teachers and parents interviewing students conducting functional behavior assessments counseling (individual and group) planning behavior interventions and conducting inservices and professional development. These core services are adapted to the particular needs of each student situation and setting
- Help all stakeholders understand child development and how it affects student performance academically and social/emotionally
- Serve in a consultative role with designated personnel to offer prevention and intervention strategies related to learning and behavioral problems of students; and provide consultation on an ongoing basis to teachers parents and other school personnel to resolve students learning and behavioral problems
- Assist in identifying needed community resources for students and makes appropriate referrals to resources to facilitate educational and behavioral interventions recommended for student success
- Deliver crisis response and intervention services to students families and staff when needed
- Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to general education students as well as monitor the students responses to the interventions identified
- Complete special education prereferral paperwork and attend multidisciplinary team meetings
- Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans including providing support and consultation to general and special education teachers
- Conduct functional behavior assessments and social history evaluations and communicate the results to all team members in parentfriendly language
- Complete and monitor the prereferral paperwork as it relates to the social/ emotional functioning of students
- Complete paperwork for students with 504 plans as well as monitor the implementation of the accommodations identified in the plans
School and Community
- Serve as a school liaison to social service agencies and community
- Monitor and develop schoolwide plans to address student attendance
- Participate in mediation administrative reviews hearings and due process proceedings as needed
- Participate in disciplinary proceedings: expulsions manifestations and causation meetings
- Be available for Open Houses ParentTeacher Conferences and other events involving parents outside of normal operating hours
- Believe deeply in the mission and values of Rocketship and subscribe to Rocketships Five Core Values
- Hold high expectations for each student and exhibit positive rapport with all students
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of therapy models
- Implement the schoolwide student management policies within classrooms and everywhere on campus
- Create and fosters a positive learning environment
- Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents
- May occasionally be called for inperson or over the phone student support in the evening in emergency situations.
Qualifications
- At least two years of Social Work experience (Preferred)
- Masters Degree in Social Work (Required)
- Licensure as a Social Worker by the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Preferred)
- Commitment to working with underserved students (Required)
- Experience working in an urban public school (Preferred)
- Pass a criminal background check as required by law
Other Skills and Traits
- Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Rocketship DCs mission
- Passion for education and a desire to help Rocketship DC schools grow
$85000 $110000 a year
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position the employee is regularly required to talk hear and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers handle or feel objects tools or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision distance vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.
Compensation:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience plus excellent health and wellness benefits 403b retirement plan flexible spending account (FSA) and generous paid time off.
Rocketship Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. Rocketship Public Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Rocketship Public Schools expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Rocketship Public Schools employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. Click here for ourSexual Harassment Policy. For questions concerns or complaints please contact Human Resources.
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