Summer School Social Worker July 7 2025 - August 1 2025
Summer School Social Worker July 7 2025 - August 1 2025
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Job Title: Summer School Social Worker
Temporary Position Duration of Summer School
(July 7 2025 August 1 2025 8:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
Reports To: Director of Summer School
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Who We Are:
YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is a tuitionfree public charter high school with a singular focus on supporting youth aged 1720 who have been pushed out of traditional schools. During our 1year alternative program Youthbuild facilitates a warm loving culture that uses a variety of structures to build community such as a restorativejustice approach to discipline weekly community meetings and schoolwide service projects. Students are empowered to attain their high school diploma and vocational certifications while receiving unconditional support by the staff around them. At YouthBuild we work intentionally to disrupt the cycle of poverty and support our students to achieve postsecondary success 4year college 2year college vocational training program or liveable wage job). Visit to learn more.
The Opportunity:
As a summer school social worker you have unique training to help our young people with socialemotional challenges that impact youth development and postsecondary success. You will utilize your leadership advocacy and collaborative skills to provide preventative services and respond to students social and emotional needs so barriers to student success can be removed while providing the academic and career development of students within the educational setting. You will do this through participation in the school counseling program delivering smallgroup counseling and providing appraisal and advice directed at improving a students socialemotional wellbeing. You will promote a positive culturally responsive restorative justice environment that enhances students ability to properly manage the socialemotional demands of their lives.
Who You Are:
You are/have
- Invested in our core values Respect Excellence and Perseverance.
- Equityfocused and believe that all students can achieve.
- Passionate about community service and civic engagement.
- Excited to mentor students and support them throughout their time at YouthBuild and beyond.
- Collaborative and dedicated to personal and professional development.
- Master of Social Work degree from an accredited college or university and a LSW or LCSW.
- PA Department of Educations School Social Worker certificate (CSPG 20 strongly preferred.
- Three to five years experience in school social work (preferred) and/or casemanagement utilizing appropriate principles and techniques.
- Extensive knowledge of local services supports and community resources available to Philadelphia Youth.
- Strong commitment to helping young adults succeed in reorienting their lives nurturing their leadership skills and enabling them to make a difference in their community.
What Youll Do:
You will
- Conduct individual and group counseling sessions to address students social emotional and behavioral concerns and provide group guidance and social skills activities for students related to topics such as selfawareness bullying prevention reproductive health and social awareness for summer school students.
- Compile maintain and file all reports records and other documents required in supporting summer school students social emotions and behavioral needs.
- Be the lead counselor and facilitator for students with substance abuse ensuring students are referred to agencies to support their needs.
- Provide crisis counseling to students experiencing mental health and/or social service emergencies.
- Provide crisis intervention and advise on behavior management strategies to expedite students return to classrooms for learning and to build students the schools expectations and as a referral source for students when socialemotional challenges are escalated.
- Assist students in setting and achieving academic goals exploring career interests and selecting an appropriate pathway during YouthBuilds program and postsecondary planning.
- Facilitate learners ability to achieve their potential by helping them set and attain challenging socialemotional goals.
- Deliver behavior management and deescalation techniques to create a safe summer school environment for all students.
- Refer summer school students and families to appropriate community agencies.
- Facilitate child abuse reporting including supporting mandated reports when needed and to communicate with Pennsylvanias Department of Human Services.
- Attend a one day training the last week in June to prepare for Summer Programming.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Summer School Director or School Principal.
What We Offer You:
- A competitive hourly rate for Summer School of $35.00 per hour.
- 1 hour of sick time per every 40 hours worked.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Strong community support and involvement.
All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race religion ancestry national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital status medical condition veteran status or any other basis as protected by federal state or local law.
Employment Type
Temp
