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Social Work Director
Job Location:
Job Location:
Brooklyn, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 71 - 89
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
24 April 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
10 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Partnership With Children (PWC) strengthens the mental health and well-being of New York City students by embedding licensed social workers and comprehensivesupportsdirectly in schools reaching over20000 childrenand families each year. Across our core partner schools we build ecosystems of support that empower students support families and transform schools through trauma-informed counseling community-based programming and healing-based arts educationcreating nurturing environments that foster resilience learning and opportunity.
Social Work Directors engage in direct practice while also supervising staff. Social Work Directors are the lead supervisors for Partnership staff in the school building. Each Social Work Director has the support of a supervisor on a regular basis.
Responsibilities:
Direct practice:
Qualifications:
Hours:
Salary and Benefits:
$71k-$89k annually commensurate to credentials and experience. All full-time employees receive an excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance a 401k retirement plan life insurance and twenty days paid vacation per year.
Partnership with Children welcomes diversity in all its forms and believes that its mission can only be achieved when diversity is leveraged across all areas including race gender gender expression age nationality and life with Children is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Partnership with Children provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Social Work Directors engage in direct practice while also supervising staff. Social Work Directors are the lead supervisors for Partnership staff in the school building. Each Social Work Director has the support of a supervisor on a regular basis.
Responsibilities:
Direct practice:
- Provide individual counseling and case management
- Facilitate large and small group counseling (individually or with co-facilitator)
- Attend all school-based meetings (e.g. with administration guidance counselor teachers)
- Collaborate with school administration and staff on needs of students families and school community
- Integrate into and engage with school culture through development of positive relationships with school community
- Conduct parent workshops and teacher staff development sessions
- Conduct home visits
- Support students and families in crisis
- Conduct weekly structured supervision of social worker and/or interns and weekly staff meetings
- Ensure all case notes bio psycho-socials and goal plans are completed and of high quality
- Develop direct reports to improve their practice
- Model development and maintenance of key collaborative relationships
- Ensure data collection is timely and accurate
Qualifications:
- Commitment to demonstrating PWCs organizational values of Collaboration Continuous Learning Going to Solution Equity & Inclusion and Passion
- New York State LCSW or LCSW eligibility preferred
- SIFI certification strongly preferred with at least one years experience supervising social work interns
- At least one years experience in school setting strong experience working with students and families
- Work with fidelity to model while also being able to implement model according to specific school needs
- Interest in and comfort with working with data to inform practice
- Act as lead Partnership with Children representative at the school and have ability and interest in being the face of Partnership with Children within the school building
- Work in fast-paced environment flexible and can-do attitude
- Bilingual (Spanish) a plus
- Must be able to pass criminal background check and clearance by NYC Department of Education
Hours:
- Full-time occasional weeknight hours
- Year-round position (summer location and duties may vary)
- This is a school-based in-person position
Salary and Benefits:
$71k-$89k annually commensurate to credentials and experience. All full-time employees receive an excellent benefits package including health and dental insurance a 401k retirement plan life insurance and twenty days paid vacation per year.
Partnership with Children welcomes diversity in all its forms and believes that its mission can only be achieved when diversity is leveraged across all areas including race gender gender expression age nationality and life with Children is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Partnership with Children provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Partnership with Children works with public schools in New York City's highest-need communities to provide critical social and emotional supports for at-risk youth, and help build schools that are safe, successful and conducive to learning. Our social workers prevent and reverse the m ... View more
