School Social Worker

School Social Worker — Laurel Hill School

Full-Time, 10-Months (2026-2027 School Year)| On-Campus | East Setauket, NY

Start Date: August 24th, 2026

About Laurel Hill School
Laurel Hill School is an independent school serving students from preschool through Grade 8 on Long Island. We're small on purpose. Our teachers know their students — their strengths, their worries, and what a hard week looks like for them — and that knowledge is the thing our families value most.

We're hiring our first full-time School Social Worker to strengthen that support: someone who can give students a steady, skilled person to talk to, give our teachers and families a clear partner when a child is struggling, and help shape how we look after wellbeing across the whole school.

This is a role with room to build. You won't be inheriting someone else's system — you'll be designing ours.

What you'll do

• Provide short-term individual and small-group counseling to students referred for social, emotional, or behavioral concerns
• Respond to students in acute distress, and follow up to make sure they're steady
• Support students through hard transitions — bereavement, family separation, illness, starting at a new school
• Carry out psychosocial assessments, and judge what we can support in school versus what needs outside clinical care
• Refer families to external providers, and coordinate with those providers so in-school support lines up with outside treatment
• Partner with families: keep them informed, obtain the consents you need, and give them practical guidance for home
• Advise teachers and administrators on individual students, and on classroom strategies that will help
• Keep secure, accurate counseling records, and hold the confidentiality line with students and families — including being clear about its limits
• Design and deliver social-emotional learning across the grades, from friendship and conflict in the early years through online safety and peer pressure in Middle School
• Train our staff on student mental health, recognizing warning signs, and when to refer
• Run parent workshops on child and adolescent wellbeing
• Shape the school's approach to bullying prevention and student support, and tell us where it needs to be better

What we're looking for

Required

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited program
• Current New York State LMSW or LCSW license in good standing
• Experience working with children or adolescents
• Ability to pass all pre-employment screening, including background checks

Preferred

• LCSW — independent clinical licensure
• Experience in a school setting
• Comfort working across a wide age range, from early childhood through Grade 8

What makes someone thrive here: good judgment about when to hold something and when to escalate it, warmth that kids actually trust, and the ability to give a teacher a straight answer about what to do on Monday morning.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary is commensurate with experience. Laurel Hill School offers a full benefits package and a collaborative, professionally supportive environment.

How to Apply

Please submit your application through our application form: https://airtable.com/appn9OkUiuu4RDZEE/pagXYdyXFwdmKdYt9/form

Only these applications will be considered

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $4,850.00 - $6,250.00 per month

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Application Question(s):

• Have you applied via the form in the job description?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $4,850 - $6,250