School Social Worker

Empowerment Academy is hiring a full time Social Worker to work at our High School beginning with the 2024-2025 School Year and beyond. Social Workers will need to hold School Social Worker certification from the NJ Department of Education.

Salary: $65,000 - 85,000

OUR SCHOOL

Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 3 of its own campuses, and BelovED is our “sister school.” We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. 

WE VALUE OUR FACULTY

At Empowerment Academy, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:

• Evidencing this, compared to those with...

Ocean Academy is a therapeutic and behavioral school that focuses on providing a nurturing environment for those students that don’t thrive in a conventional educational setting.

Position Title: School Social Worker
Position Type: Full Time; 40 Hours Weekly
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Location: Bayville, NJ
Department: Ocean Academy
Salary: $50,000 - $55,000

Responsibilities:

• Provide school based individual and group counseling and promote personal and social functioning to include, but not limited to:
• Behavior Management plans and contracts
• Social skills
• Conflict resolution
• Problem solving
• Self esteem
• Provide case management as liaison between family, student and send school district's Child Study Team as well as to community based...

We are seeking a few experienced school social workers to join the teams at our partner schools. Your primary responsibility will be to identify our students' mental or emotional issues and work with them through those challenges. You’ll also collaborate with parents and school staff to create coordinated intervention strategies (e.g. behavioral management). You must have great communication and counseling skills to succeed in this role. You should be able to connect and empathize with students and understand the root of their problems. If you are compassionate and you love helping others, we’d like to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Listen to students’ issues when they come looking for help, provide support, and discuss solutions with them.
• Talk with students who exhibit concerning behaviors to understand their issues.
• Identify problems in the school setting, such as bullying or aggressive behavior.
• Review students’ medical...

BelovED Academy Charter School is hiring a full time Social Worker. This can either be an immediate vacancy or a vacancy for the next School Year.

Salary: $64,000-$84,000

OUR SCHOOL

BelovED Community Charter School is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Our student body is among the most diverse in America and our location is very unique as we get to enjoy the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. Our staff is a dedicated group of individuals passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing a quality educational program. 

WE VALUE OUR FACULTY

As a very high performing school, we emphasize teamwork and community and truly value our faculty:

• Evidencing this, compared to those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY;
• Moreover, we seek to achieve academic...