Social Work Fellow (Bilingual)

Applicants will be eligible for Early Childhood Social Work roles (Kindergarten, 1st Grade) and Elementary School Social Work roles (2nd Grade to 4th Grade), or Middle School Social Work roles (5th Grade to 8th Grade).

Social Work Fellows at The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School serve as the facilitators of mental health services for TEP students and families, design and implement (proactive and preventative) programs that promote social and emotional health, and respond to day-to-day student issues and unanticipated crises. Each Social Work Fellow at The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School focuses their efforts on the students, families, and teachers of one specific cohort, while refining their skills and prioritizing their own professional growth. 

In this role, you will serve as the Social Work Fellow for one TEP cohort (Kindergarten through 8th Grade), then will move up with this cohort of students throughout their time at TEP until they graduate! This is an amazing opportunity for a creative clinician who thrives in an autonomous environment, is passionate about social justice and child/family work, and is seeking to form long-lasting relationships with students and families as they navigate the road from Kindergarten through adolescence.

Looking to have a significant impact while developing into an expert Clinical Social Worker within a community of master clinicians?  This is the role for you.

• Provide regular counseling to students and families in need of social and emotional support; this includes both mandated counseling to students with IEPs (Individualized Education Plans) as well as individual and group counseling to other students in need
• Lead mediations as necessary, using relational-based models within your social work practice, in alignment with TEP's commitment to Restorative Justice Practices
• Respond to day-to-day crises and collaborate with the school community to create a safe and supportive environment for all students
• Design and implement creative clinical interventions for students with repeated instances of similar challenges

• Develop and lead programs for students and families to promote emotional, mental, and psycho-social health
• Build strong relationships with families to facilitate a collaborative approach to student support, and coordinate the delivery of mental health and family services at community organizations for students and families requiring outside social services

• Language Proficiency: Complete fluency in Spanish required
• Deeply aligned to TEP’s mission of providing a world-class mental health services and social work interventions to historically under-resourced student communities (90% of TEP students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 22% of TEP students receive Special Education services, and 25% of TEP students are Multi-Lingual Learners).
• Social Work experience: Minimum of two (2) years of clinical social work experience working with children and families, with a preference for individuals who have worked within a school setting. 
• The ability to design and implement in-school prevention programming according to current best practices within the field of social work.  Working knowledge of the instructional and social needs of students with disabilities.
• Ability to simultaneously manage a regular counseling schedule and triage crisis, while prioritizing multiple competing urgent tasks
• Education requirements: We highly value candidates with a Master’s Social Work degree However, we also welcome individuals with degrees in related fields such as School Counseling or School Psychology to apply
• Certification requirements: TEP does not require Social Workers to have any specific level of certification/licensing (ie LCSW) outside of the above educational and experience requirements

TEP is designed and structured around the belief that great staff members are the key to achieving educational success for students. As such, we require Social Work applicants to demonstrate their qualifications throughout the application and hiring process. The requirements for each Social Work Fellow applicant include:

• Resume: Potential candidates must submit an up-to-date resume
• Cover Letter: Potential candidates must submit a well-written cover letter that highlights their specific interest in joining the TEP community

TEP is currently reviewing applications on a rolling basis. If you submit both a cover letter and resume, you will receive a response from us as to whether or not you will be invited to the next stage of the process for the Social Work Fellow role.