Long Term Sub for School Social Worker - Christa McAuliffe Elementary

Dates: 10/14/26 – 2/5/27 • Assignment: Social Worker (0.8 FTE Special Education, 0.2 General Education) • Location: Hastings Middle School

Pay

• $250.78 per day (31–86 days) per the 2025–2027 Teacher Master Agreement
• This position is not benefit-eligible

About the role

Provides services to students and families to help students increase their ability to function optimally and enhance learning. Collaborates with student support networks (e.g., educational team, parents, and community agencies) to address students’ academic, emotional, and social needs. Works toward enhancing and fostering positive relations among the student, school, community, and parents.

Responsibilities

• Assesses needs and counsels students and families individually and in groups regarding social, emotional, behavioral, and mental-health interventions needed to enhance learning.
• Mobilizes and coordinates community resources for students and families to address academic, behavioral, emotional, mental-health, and social needs.
• Develops and builds community-agency partnerships with service providers to expand resources available to students and families.
• Communicates information to teachers and related service staff as needed to support student learning.
• Identifies needs and provides services to students in crisis; coordinates with community resources during any student’s mental-health crisis.
• Works in assigned schools and throughout the district on an on-call basis.
• Collaborates with community service providers.
• Serves as building-level homeless liaison.
• Summarizes student social-emotional needs and develops social-skills training plans and proactive behavior-management plans to support students’ success in the educational setting, including center-based special-education programs.
• Administers and interprets professional social-work assessments and evaluations in compliance with IDEA and MN special-education law/rules.
• Consults with instructors and parents to design IEP goals and services to support the learning environment for increased educational benefit.
• Develops and organizes activities for parental involvement.
• Serves as a resource and advocate to students and families.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree
• One to three years of work experience
• Certification as a LGSW, LICSW, or LSW
• Licensed or able to obtain a license from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as a School Social Worker