School Based Restorative Practices Coordinator at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

The School of Social Work at Pitt is consistently ranked among the top schools of social work in the nation. The School is known for its strong educational programs at the BASW, MSW, and PhD levels; innovative, interdisciplinary, and productive programs of research; and national leadership on race and social problems, child welfare, and health and mental health. The school and program strongly value interdisciplinary and community-engaged approaches. The program includes a variety of joint degree programs and offers specialized fellowships in several areas.

The social work values of the school permeate into its operations as well. Our devotion to diversity begins with our staff and faculty who bring a wide variety of experiences to our classrooms and our offices. Our excellent leadership is communicative and supportive of your professional development - funding is set aside to help employees pay for development opportunities (training seminars, conferences, etc.).

Support and advance the University of Pittsburgh and public school partners' collaborative Just Discipline Project, which aims to advance achievement for all students by coordinating, implementing and facilitating school‐based community building and restorative practices. Specifically, this work aims to support teachers, students, and staff in efforts to use relationally-based practices that ultimately reduce the need for use of exclusionary discipline in the school. This work is a component of overall efforts to create equitable opportunities for learning and success that ensure all students are college and career ready