{"id":3652906,"url":"https://alion.io/job/alchemy-social-work-placement-coordinator","title":"Social Work Placement Coordinator","company":{"id":703339,"name":"Alchemy","domain":"alchemy.works","url":"https://alion.io/company/alchemy-5","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Breezy","truth_index":null},"role":"Administrative","role_family":"Administrative","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"ClickUp","optional":true},{"name":"Google Sheets","optional":true},{"name":"Google Workspace","optional":true},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":true},{"name":"Windows","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-02T21:10:43Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T18:49:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Position Summary:\nAlchemy provides employers and institutions with the talent, support, and technology infrastructure needed to deliver career-connected, standards-aligned learning experiences. The Social Work Placement Coordinator supports this mission by helping students secure appropriate, timely, and meaningful social work field placements.\n The Social Work Placement Coordinator is responsible for student communication, site development, placement matching, and placement documentation. This role serves as a liaison between students, university partners, field placement sites, supervisors, and internal team members to help ensure a high-quality placement experience.\n An MSW is preferred, but not required. Experience in social work, human services, higher education, student support, or field placement coordination is strongly preferred.\n Key Responsibilities:\n Student Communication\n Review assigned student caseloads and field application materials.\nConduct introductory calls or meetings with students to understand their placement needs, interests, location preferences, transportation access, schedule availability, and professional goals.\nMaintain regular communication with students throughout the placement process.\nProvide placement progress updates to students who are not yet matched.\nConduct onboarding check-ins with confirmed students before the start of placement.\nRespond to student emails and phone calls in a timely, professional, and supportive manner.\nCommunicate with empathy, professionalism, and sound judgment, including during challenging or sensitive student situations.\nSupport student success by helping prevent placement delays and ensuring students understand next steps.\n Site Development\n Conduct outreach to new and existing social work and human service agencies to identify placement opportunities.\nContact agencies by email and phone to assess availability, student capacity, supervision qualifications, onboarding requirements, placement hours, and program fit.\nResearch new potential field placement sites for students to complete required field education experiences.\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with agency partners, field instructors, task supervisors, and university stakeholders.\nCommunicate clearly with sites regarding placement expectations, student needs, program requirements, and timelines.\nCollect agency information, supervisor details, placement forms, questionnaires, contract needs, and next steps.\nDocument all outreach, site responses, and placement updates in the appropriate tracking systems.\nIdentify when a site is not appropriate due to lack of qualified supervision, inability to meet hour requirements, contract concerns, site disinterest, or other placement barriers.\n Matching\n Support the student-to-site matching process based on student interests, location, schedule, program requirements, agency availability, and supervision qualifications.\nPresent appropriate placement opportunities to students and agency partners.\nTrack student matching progress, including warm leads, pending interviews, approved placements, and confirmed placements.\nWork toward established placement timelines and key performance indicators related to student matching and confirmation.\nCollaborate with university partners, field education leadership, internal team members, and agencies to resolve placement-related concerns.\nServe as a liaison between students, universities, and placement sites throughout the matching and confirmation process.\nEscalate complex site, student, supervision, or compliance concerns to the appropriate leader.\n Auditing and Documentation\n Maintain accurate and up-to-date student, agency, supervisor, and placement records across required systems.\nAudit caseload information regularly to ensure internal trackers, placement platforms, and student records align.\nProvide weekly caseload updates to leadership, including student status, matching progress, warm leads, confirmed placements, and outstanding needs.\nReview student placement documents, which may include field applications, resumes, cover letters, preference forms, curriculum plans, matching letters, confirmation forms, and placement dates.\nConfirm that field instructor, task supervisor, agency, student, and placement information is accurate before final placement confirmation.\nEnsure placement start dates, end dates, required hours, supervision information, and agency details are correctly documented.\nFollow company and university partner policies related to data privacy, confidentiality, and student records.\n Performance Expectations\n Maintain consistent and professional communication with assigned students.\nConduct regular outreach to new and existing field placement sites.\nDocument all outreach, student updates, site responses, and placement activity in required systems.\nMeet established key performance indicators related to site development, student matching, placement confirmation, and documentation.\nDemonstrate strong customer service, follow-through, organization, and problem-solving.\nRepresent Alchemy professionally in all communication with students, agencies, and university partners.\nSupport the overall goal of securing appropriate, timely, and educationally sound placements for students.\n Qualifications\n Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution required.\nMSW preferred but not required.\nTwo or more years of experience in higher education, social work, human services, student support, field education, placement coordination, recruitment, advising, or partnership development preferred.\nExperience working in a metrics-driven environment is preferred.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nExcellent organization, time management, follow-up, and tracking skills.\nAbility to manage a student caseload and multiple agency relationships at the same time.\nComfortable communicating professionally by phone, Zoom, and email.\nProficient with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, spreadsheets, Salesforce, or similar tracking and placement systems.\nAbility to work independently while collaborating with a remote team.\nProfessional judgment and discretion when handling student information and sensitive placement concerns.\n Preferred Skills\n Familiarity with social work field education requirements.\nExperience communicating with community agencies, schools, hospitals, behavioral health organizations, nonprofit organizations, or human service providers.\nAbility to assess placement fit based on student needs, agency capacity, supervision availability, and program requirements.\nExperience with systems such as Salesforce, Tevera, ClickUp, Excel, Google Sheets, or similar platforms.\nStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.\n Work Environment\nThis position may be performed in a virtual work environment. The role requires frequent email, phone, and video communication, database tracking, student advising, agency outreach, and collaboration with internal and external partners.\n The requirements for success in a virtual work-from-home role include:\n A dedicated, confidential workspace with a door that can be closed for privacy.\nReliable high-speed internet.\nA working desktop or laptop supported by Mac or Windows operating systems.\nComfort using collaborative tools to communicate with remote team members and university partners.\n Benefits\nAlchemy offers a people-centered work environment focused on learning, collaboration, and student success. 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