Social Worker

Position Type :

Student Support Services / Social Worker

Date Posted : 8 / 6 / 2025

Location : Overbrook

Date Available : ASAP

Closing Date :

Until Filled Job Title : Social Worker

Reports To : Director of Pupil Services and the Building Principal

Location : Overbrook Early Learning Center

Education : The successful candidate must hold current CT certification in Social Work (071).

Salary : Per the EHEA / Teacher Contract

Minimum Qualifications / Skills and Knowledge Requirements :

• To be able to consult and collaborate with teachers, administrators, support staff, parents, and outside providers in promoting student success
• Understand special education and be current regarding Federal and State laws, District policies, PPT and referral process and IEP knowledge
• To know how to refer to the Court
• DCF mandates and hotline knowledge
• To be able to complete psychosocial assessments, developmental histories, FBA's, BIP's, writing IEP goals and objectives
• Crisis Intervention : social, emotional, behavioral, psychiatric
• Be knowledgeable and current regarding available community resources
• Provide individual and group counseling / social skills services for both IEP mandated, and through parental permission with non-IEP students in need
• Provide parent education, resources and home visits, as needed
• Experience with families in family therapy
• Experience with substance abuse

Evaluation : Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.

This is a specialized teaching position that falls under the Teachers' Contract. This position is dependent on Grant Funding.

This job description is not, nor is it intended to be, a complete statement of all duties, functions, and responsibilities which comprises this position.

East Haven Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, females, handicapped, and veterans are encouraged to apply.