Long Term Substitute - Social Worker

Position Type :

Specialized Learning / Social Worker

Date Posted : 11 / 3 / 2025

Location :

Brien McMahon High School

Date Available : 11 / 04 / 2025

2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR

LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE SOCIAL WORKER

BRIEN MCMAHON HIGH SCHOOL

POSITION DESCRIPTION :

Receives administrative and technical supervision from the Director of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services and general supervision from the building principal. Social work services principally relate to a person's social, emotional and life adjustments in society. School social work services involve direct, consultative, and educational services to pupils and families by competent, professional staff and may include the following :

• Maintaining, as a primary focus, the right of all children to a free and appropriate education and to supportive services if needed.
• Counseling (group and individual) and / or casework management with the pupil and family to enhance the pupil's educational experience.
• Identifying those factors in a child's environment (home, school, and community) that impact his / her experience in the educational setting.
• Providing a developmental, interpersonal, cultural, behavioral, and emotional assessment of the student in the context of family and the broader social environment.
• Mobilizing family, school, and community resources to enable the child to receive maximum benefit from his / her educational program.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

The school social worker's role requires expertise in the following areas :

Problem-Solving and Program Development :

Family Contact :

School / Community Liaison :

Group Dynamics May Include :

Time-Limited Interventions :

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

Days : Monday - Friday

Salary : 40+ Days : $264.66 / day

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www.norwalkps.org / applynow

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NORWALK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of the Norwalk Board of Education to ensure equal educational opportunity for all students and to prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender status or physical and mental disability in the school district's educational program and activities; and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender pregnancy, veteran status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation or physical and mental disability.

10.31.2025