[2025-2026] KIPP Gaston Social Worker K-8

Company Description

Organizational Overview

Every School. Every Student. Every Day.

Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) North Carolina, is a network of eight tuition-free, college-preparatory public charter schools educating approximately 3,000 students in grades K-12 in Durham, Halifax, Northampton and Mecklenburg counties. At KIPP NC, we are committed to improving the life outcomes of North Carolina’s children through the delivery of culturally relevant curricula that are grounded in research, and clearing the paths that our students choose to follow by ensuring that they have the roadmaps and guideposts they need to arrive at success - however they define it.

At KIPP, we see the gifts in everyone who walks through the doors of our schools. Especially our teachers and social workers. Their skill. Energy. Love. Their determination. On the good days and on the hard days. So we support our teachers and social workers to make the most of those gifts. It starts with respect – for our teachers’ and social workers’ innate talents and desire to learn, for their professional growth and the lives they lead beyond our walls. We offer pay and benefits that reflect our appreciation for the invaluable role our teachers and social workers play in lighting paths to opportunity for our students. And as our teachers progress through the day, the year and their careers, we ensure they always feel the KIPP Team and Family at their backs, with opportunities to lead, and support to grow. 

Together, our students, schools, families and communities share an ambitious mission to create a future without limits. And the only way to realize it is with talented teachers and social workers like you. Shape the future, for your students and yourself, by joining KIPP today.

Job Description

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Social Workers at KIPP North Carolina provide crucial support and services to students. In this role, social workers will work directly with students, teachers, community partners and families to provide individual and group counseling, as well as link families to long-term solutions and external support organizations.

Responsibilities of a School Social Worker include, but are not limited to:

Service Delivery 35%

• Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to special education students, general education students, as well as assess student response to the interventions identified.

• Respond to acute mental health crises and provide appropriate intervention services to students and families. 

• Develop and manage student behavior intervention plans, monitor progress, and provide support and consultation to general and special education teachers to promote implementation.

• Conducts student and classroom observations to monitor individual student progress

• Provide on-going consultation to teachers, parents, and other school personnel to support students’ learning, behavioral challenges, and mental health needs.

• Conduct risk assessments when students present with safety concerns.

• Act as a team member who supports mental and behavioral health programming at the Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 levels of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

• Facilitate Professional Development for staff to spread awareness on social worker's role in the school

• Initiate monthly initiatives at the school and spread awareness to all students and staff

Workflow Documentation 25%

• Complete all necessary special education paperwork for special education meetings.

• Log progress notes with all of the required information about the student’s specific IEP goals, responses to the designated interventions, and plan for upcoming sessions, in a timely manner.

• Serve as 504 case manager for students with a 504 plan. Complete paperwork, monitor implementation of accommodations, provide behavior support services when applicable, and log notes when applicable. 

• Collects data to track plan fidelity and monitor progress towards goals for IEPs, Tier 3 plans, and BIPs.

• Manages the Mckinney-Vento Program for the school

Stakeholder Collaboration 20% 

• Consult and collaborate with school leaders, teachers, and student support team members to offer prevention and intervention strategies to resolve learning and behavi