Essex Street Academy is hiring for Social Work (F Status)
ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
Essex Street Academy is a small, project-based high school in the Lower East Side. As a member of the NY Performance Standards Consortium, ESA students are exempt from state tests and graduate by completing in-depth projects demonstrating the mastery of core skills and content. We value diversity and inclusion in our community with respect to all identities and learning styles, and we strive to continuously build a community at ESA that is affirming, inspiring, and advances racial and social justice.
The staff at ESA is committed to learning from one another and our students. Our teachers design original curriculum to be student-centered with an emphasis on authenticity, depth of understanding, and multiple perspectives. In classes students examine essential questions such as “Is nationalism a force for good in the world?” and “How much do our genes really matter?”
We view our community at ESA as a family. In advisory, students build close ties while developing social-emotional skills over the course of four years together. We meet regularly as a whole school for our student-led Town Meeting to celebrate accomplishments, discuss tough issues, and just have fun. We have built a strong foundation in restorative practices as a way of strengthening and maintaining our community over time so that ESA can always be a place where all students thrive.
POSITIONS
We are currently interviewing candidates for Social Work (F -Status). For this position, we are seeking a candidate who would be comfortable working with our community in multiple capacities to holistically serve our students’ socio-emotional needs. This will include work with teachers to ensure social emotional learning in all curricula, individual and group work with students, work with the special education team, advisory committee and collaboration with the community support team to implement restorative practices.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Experience is always an asset, but we also welcome any social workers who are passionate and committed to collaborating as part of a team. We seek applicants who are interested in assisting young people in developing positive self identity and agency. If you have an area of expertise or interest which you’d like to pursue through social work, please let us know.
GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Attend to mental health of mandated and non-mandated students in group work and individual counseling sessions
Collaborate with teachers teams to integrate SEL into curriculum
Collaborate with staff to ensure safety, social emotional learning and academic success
Crisis intervention and de-escalation
APPLICATION PROCESS
If you are interested in applying to work at Essex Street Academy, please send your resume to the hiring committee at hiring@essexstreetacademy.org
Our hiring process is as follows:
Send resume and cover letter
An ESA member of the hiring team will reach out to you and schedule a phone interview
Phone interview
Zoom Interview with possible school visit