Social Worker

Job Details: Level: Experienced, Job Location: CLA/VPA - Commerce City, CO, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $70000.00 - $70000.00Salary, Job Category: Education, School Social Worker – Student Success & Wellness Community Leadership Academy / Victory Preparatory Academy | Commerce City, Colorado Full-Time | K–12 | Approximately 600 Students Salary: $70,000 Hours: 7:30 AM–4:00 PM Help Students Get on Track — and Stay on Track Community Leadership Academy and Victory Preparatory Academy are seeking a licensed School Social Worker who wants to help students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. This is a highly student-centered position for someone who enjoys working directly with children and adolescents, partnering with families, and collaborating with a strong multidisciplinary school team. You will help students build the organization, self-management, emotional regulation, attendance, relationship, and problem-solving skills they need to participate successfully in school and become increasingly independent over time. THE PERKS YOU’LL ACTUALLY NOTICE $70,000 Salary A clear, competitive salary for a full-time school-based professional role. 189-Day Work Calendar Our school calendar is designed with meaningful time to recharge throughout the year. You’ll enjoy:

• 9 consecutive days around Fall Break
• 9 consecutive days around Thanksgiving
• 17 consecutive days around Winter Break
• A 4-day February weekend
• 9 consecutive days around Spring Break
• Labor Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day off
• Summer beginning in May
• No scheduled workdays in June Predictable School-Based Hours 7:30 AM–4:00 PM A consistent schedule built around the academic year. Staff Beverage Station Coffee and beverages are available for staff during the workday. Benefits Full-time employees are eligible for the school’s employee benefits package, retirement benefits, scheduled school holidays and breaks, and personal time off in accordance with school policy. Professional Development This position is connected to our School Health Professional Grant work and includes opportunities for professional learning in school behavioral health, student wellness, MTSS, executive functioning, and school social work. A Team Around You You will collaborate with:
• School Psychologist
• Registered Nurse
• Special education professionals
• Interventionists
• Administrators
• Instructional staff
• Classroom teachers This is collaborative work. You will not be expected to carry every student need alone. MEANINGFUL WORK WITH A CLEAR PURPOSE Our goal is straightforward: Help students get on track, stay on track, and develop the skills to increasingly manage their own success. You may help a student:
• Organize assignments and materials
• Develop better study routines
• Manage time and deadlines
• Recover from missing work
• Improve attendance and engagement
• Learn how to ask for help appropriately
• Strengthen emotional regulation
• Build healthier peer relationships
• Improve communication and problem-solving
• Develop stronger routines
• Build confidence
• Become more independent at school The focus is not on doing things for students. It is on teaching students strategies they can eventually use for themselves. ACADEMIC, SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL SUCCESS ARE CONNECTED A student who struggles with organization may fall behind academically. A student who struggles to regulate emotions may have difficulty staying engaged in class. A student who misses school may lose both confidence and academic momentum. A student who struggles socially may have difficulty focusing on learning. The School Social Worker helps connect those pieces. This role supports students in building the skills, habits, and confidence they need to participate successfully in school as a whole. HELP BUILD A STRONGER K–12 STUDENT-SUPPORT SYSTEM This position is central to our work to strengthen coordinated student supports across Community Leadership Academy and Victory Preparatory Academy. You will help:
• Identify students who may benefit from targeted support
• Provide individual and small-group interventions
• Strengthen self-determination and self-advocacy
• Teach executive-functioning and organizational skills
• Support attendance and school engagement
• Build emotional regulation and self-management skills
• Monitor student progress
• Participate in MTSS and student-support problem solving
• Collaborate around applicable IEP, BIP, and student-support strategies
• Connect families with appropriate school and community resources
• Help staff use practical and consistent student-support strategies
• Strengthen coordination among school professionals EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING & ACADEMIC SELF-MANAGEMENT A major focus of this role is helping students develop practical skills that support success across every class. You may work with students on:
• Assignment tracking
• Planner and calendar use
• Time management
• Prioritization
• Task initiation and completion
• Attention and persistence
• Breaking larger assignments into manageable steps
• Study habits and test preparation
• Missing-work recovery
• Managing deadlines
• Preparation for class
• Consistent school routines The goal is to move students from: “Someone has to keep me on track.” to “I know how to keep myself on track.” SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS THAT SUPPORT LEARNING You will also help students strengthen:
• Emotional regulation
• Self-awareness
• Healthy coping strategies
• Conflict resolution
• Communication skills
• Peer relationships
• Personal boundaries
• Problem-solving
• Responsible decision-making
• Help-seeking
• Confidence and school engagement These skills help students participate more successfully in classroom learning and school life. ATTENDANCE & SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT Attendance challenges are often connected to other barriers. The School Social Worker will help identify those barriers and work with students and families to build practical strategies for:
• Improved attendance
• Reduced tardiness
• Stronger school routines
• Increased classroom participation
• Greater connection to school
• Increased responsibility for school success FAMILY & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Strong student support includes strong family partnerships. You will:
• Build productive relationships with families
• Help families understand strategies being used at school
• Coordinate appropriate referrals when additional services are needed
• Help connect families with community resources
• Strengthen continuity between school and outside supports
• Collaborate with the Registered Nurse when health or wellness concerns affect successful school participation HELP STAFF SUPPORT STUDENTS, TOO A strong student-support system should not depend on one person. You will help teachers and staff strengthen their ability to support students through:
• Practical consultation
• Consistent routines and strategies
• Regulation and de-escalation techniques
• Executive-functioning supports
• Early identification of student needs
• Strategies that build student independence
• Professional learning and collaboration WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE Success means students become increasingly able to manage school successfully. Over time, we want students to:
• Become more organized
• Complete more work
• Attend more consistently
• Participate more successfully in class
• Build healthier relationships
• Regulate emotions more effectively
• Make better decisions
• Advocate appropriately for themselves
• Use strategies independently
• Recover when they get off track
• Require less intensive adult prompting
• Take greater ownership of their academic, social, and emotional success WORK THAT MATTERS Community Leadership Academy and Victory Preparatory Academy serve a diverse community of approximately 600 K–12 students. We believe students deserve access to strong academic, social-emotional, behavioral, health, and family supports regardless of the challenges they may face. This is an opportunity to use your professional skills to help students build the habits, confidence, and independence that can expand what is possible for them. ENJOY COLORADO WHEN YOU’RE NOT AT WORK Commerce City is part of the Denver metro area, giving you access to both the city and the Colorado lifestyle. School breaks and summer mean time for: Hiking. Skiing. Camping. Mountain weekends. Travel. Family. Denver restaurants and entertainment. Or simply time away from work. WHO WILL THRIVE HERE? We are looking for someone who is:
• Warm, calm, and relationship-driven
• Organized and practical
• Comfortable working directly with children and adolescents
• Able to balance compassion with appropriate expectations
• Interested in helping students build independence
• Collaborative with families and multidisciplinary teams
• Solutions-oriented
• Comfortable using data to monitor progress
• Interested in both prevention and intervention
• Excited to help strengthen systems for student success Experience with school social work, MTSS, executive functioning, attendance support, special education, student wellness, social-emotional supports, or school-based intervention is highly desirable. Qualifications: QUALIFICATIONS Candidates must hold, or be eligible to obtain, the appropriate Colorado license or credential required to serve as a School Social Worker. Strong communication, organization, documentation, collaboration, family-engagement, and problem-solving skills are essential. WHY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY / VICTORY PREPARATORY ACADEMY? Extended breaks throughout the school year Summer beginning in May No scheduled workdays in June Employee benefits and retirement Staff beverage station Professional development A multidisciplinary team around you The opportunity to help build a stronger K–12 student-support system Direct work with students Meaningful work in an underserved community Colorado outside your door Help students get on track, stay on track, and build the skills to