Summer Social Worker (Summer 2026)

Department of Social Work - Social Worker (Summer 2026)

**THIS IS A SUMMER SCHOOL POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY**

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Department of Social Work Summer Social Workers will support the ongoing needs of all BPS students and families ensuring continuity of care throughout the summer break. The team will provide a range of mental health and counseling support to our students and families impacted by mental health issues community violence trauma and crises as they arise. This will entail direct outreach to students and families responding to high impact incidents at specific summer program sites and throughout the city warm hand-offs to community partners maintaining ongoing communication with central office and school based staff as needed.

REPORTS TO: Position reports to the Director of Social Work and/or Designee

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

• 30 hours per week in person between July 6 2026 - August 15 2026
• Work hours are 8:30am - 2:30pm. Hours may vary during crisis situations.
• Planning period for Summer Clinicians: June 29 2026 - July 3 2026 (Based on availability up to 10 hours per 2 Clinicians with a max of 2 Clinicians)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide counseling consultation and case management to individual or small groups of students as needed and directed.
• Collaborate with the BPS Family Helpline Team throughout the summer providing support to students and families as needed.
• Work cooperatively with student(s) families mental health staff external partners and school staff to establish/enhance communication and coordinate services and opportunities for the student(s) in a manner that aligns with the students/families expressed need and aspirations.
• Support individual whole sites and district crisis response in collaboration with the Safety Services and City partners.
• Implement restorative circles to advance collective healing as deemed appropriate
• Creating trauma recovery plan(s) after incidents for the remainder of the summer including BPS City and community partners as appropriate
• Conduct home visits as needed
• Provide consultation and support BPS summer site staff on topics related to Social Work as needed and requested.
• Maintain documentation and data on all activities in compliance with laws and privacy policies.
• Support the Department with SY 26-27 planning and preparation.
• Other related duties as requested by Department of Social Work Leadership

CORE COMPETENCIES: Using the Rubric of Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) the Office of Human Resources has identified priority skills and abilities that all BPS SISP should demonstrate.

Communicating Professional Knowledge

(I-A-1 Professional Knowledge I-A-2 Child Adolescent Development I-A-3 Plan Development)

• Exhibits strong knowledge of child development and how students learn and behave and designs effective and rigorous plans for support with measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of students developmental levels by providing differentiated learning experiences and support that enable all students to progress toward intended outcomes.

Cultural Proficiency

(II-C-1. Respects Differences II-C-2. Maintains Respectful Environment)

• Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students diverse backgrounds identities strengths and challenges are respected.

Parent/Family Engagement

(III-A-1. Parent/Family Engagement III-B-2. Collaboration)

• Engages with families and builds collaborative respectful relationships with them in service of student learning.
• Consistently provides parents with clear expectations for student learning behavior and/or wellness and shares strategies to promote learning and development at school and home.

Professional Reflection & Collaboration

(IV-A-1. Reflective Practice IV-C-1. Professional Collaboration IV-C-2. Consultation)

• Regularly reflects on practice seeks and responds to feedback and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development.
• Consistently collaborates with colleagues through shared planning and/or informal conversation to analyze student performance and development and to plan appropriate interventions at the classroom or school level.
• Regularly provides advice and expertise to general education teachers and the school community to support the creation of appropriate and effective academic behavioral and social/emotional learning experiences for students.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• Masters Degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling
• Licensed Social Worker (LCSW or LICSW) or Licensed Mental Health Clinician (LMHC)
• MA DESE School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor License (All Levels) or School Psychologists License (All Levels).
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in an urban setting providing educational clinical services and crisis response/support.
• Strong skills using the Google Suite.
• Demonstrated ability to provide culturally responsive clinical crisis support and counseling
• Experience implementing restorative justice practices.
• Ability to meet the BPS Standards of Effective Practice as outlined above.
• Strong interpersonal and cultural proficiency skills to work with school students parents and community based agencies from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds.
• Professional clinical experience with children and their families.
• While an individual candidate is not required to be bilingual/biliterate the team of summer Social Workers must hold fluency in the main languages of the districts students and families: Spanish Cape Verdean Creole Haitian Creole Mandarin/Cantonese and Vietnamese.
• While an individual candidate is not required to be certified in Safety Care de-escalation and restraint program the majority of the team must be certified.
• Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Current BPS Licensed Clinician.
• Certification as a Safety Care De-escalation Trainer or Specialist.
• Access to a vehicle and license to drive.
• BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom school and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS official languages: Spanish Creole (Cape Verdean) Creole (Haitian) Chinese Vietnamese Portuguese & Somali.

TERMS:

• Hourly rate of $54p/hr for Clinicians (5 per week)
• Anticipated total of 30 hours weekly.
• Payroll will be processed on a biweekly basis after receipt of completed timesheets in accordance with BPS summer payroll schedule.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Boston Public Schools in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies does not discriminate in its programs facilities or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race color age criminal record (inquiries only) disability homelessness sex/gender gender identity religion national origin ancestry sexual orientation genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.