What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Social Worker position at Codman Academy Charter Public School?
Job Title: School Social Worker
Supervisor: Principal
Start Date: July, 2026 - June, 2027
Hours: Monday through Friday; LMS 8:15am-4:45pm, Upper School 8:45am-5:15pm
Compensation: Codman Academy Charter Public School follows a compensation scale based on years of direct experience. 1 year experience starts at $60,000, with 16 years direct experience starting at $110,444 annually.
Description: The School Social Worker serves the students whose social, emotional, and/or family problems interfere with their capacity to function adequately as a student.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Individual Counseling
Provides direct counseling as appropriate to individual students.
Provides consultation to parents as needed and maintain student’s counseling files.
Writes treatment plans/assessments for students in counseling.
Organizes, and refers eligible students for outside mental health services with parental consent.
Writes and monitors socio-emotional goals for specified IEP students.
Group Counseling
Facilitates Talking Circle groups (approximately four 45 minute sessions per week) and Life Skills groups.
Creates age appropriate curriculum to address student needs, including guest speakers.
Makes referrals as needed based on student’s revealing information that is concerning.
Student Support
Conducts family intake meetings.
Mediates conflicts between students.
Participates in Student Support Team meetings K1-12.
Contributes to decision-making process regarding referred students.
Develops individualized classroom strategies (socio-emotional, behavioral) for students to learn better and deal with their emotions, and to defuse conflicts.
Consults with classroom teachers and administrators to help them better understand and work with/manage particular students.
Reviews notes for the purpose of confidentiality and ethical norms.
Contacts parents and works with them to ensure appropriate supports are being used at home.
Crisis Intervention
Assists students in crisis situations and makes appropriate referrals and/or immediate interventions.
Develops behavior modifications for students, enhancing student growth and creating a safe emotional/physical environment for the school.
Meets with student/families to develop a socio-emotional plan.
Makes appropriate and necessary home visits with parental consent.
Files 51A/B for the school and does follow-up plans based on concerning information such as abuse/neglect or domestic violence that the student reveals in the session.
Makes appropriate/necessary visits to home, and/or community agencies.
Homeless Liaison
Identifies homeless youth and families.
Connects homeless students and families to community resources.
Salary : $60,000 - $110,444