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Virtual School Social Worker - Michigan

ParallelUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 15, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on students' lives from the comfort of your home, with flexible hours supporting either middle schoolers or the birth-5 population. You'll develop valuable virtual consultation skills while collaborating with a dedicated team, so apply today to join Parallel!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
United States, United States
Posted
11 hours ago
IEPOccupational TherapySpecial Education

Job Description

Parallel is hiring a Michigan Licensed School Social Worker for two fully remote, part-time opportunities supporting students. The two open roles are below:

  • 1 role for 32 hours, FTE, with middle school population
  • 1 role for 15 hours, hourly, with birth-5 years old

What You’ll Do

  • Provide individual social work services according to each student’s IEP.
  • Help students build coping skills, social skills, peer interaction, social problem-solving, and executive functioning skills.
  • For the birth-5 years old role: provide virtual consultation sessions to parents and their children in their homes. 
  • Schedule consultation time with teachers and school staff.
  • Collaborate with families, educators, IEP teams, and related service providers.
  • Complete required documentation, progress notes, and service logs.

What You’ll Need

  • Active Clinical Social Worker license (LCSW) or LMSW - Clinical Speciality Certification (LMSW-CC). 
  • Valid Michigan license for school social work practice.
  • Minimum of one year of full-time, on-site school social work experience, excluding internships.
  • For the birth-5 years old role: experience working with this population is required. 
  • Experience providing counseling, social-emotional support, and behavioral interventions in a school setting.
  • Experience collaborating with IEP teams and supporting measurable student goals.
  • Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills.
  • Access to a private workspace, reliable computer, webcam, and high-speed internet connection.

Schedule and Assignment Details

  • Fully remote
  • Part-time, approximately two consistent school days per week
  • Flexible weekdays based on coordination with speech, occupational therapy, and other providers
  • All student sessions are currently individual rather than group-based
  • 1099 contract position

Why Join Parallel?

At Parallel, we simplify your work so you can focus on supporting students. Providers receive:

  • Compensation for both direct and indirect service time
  • Thoughtful matching based on your experience, licensure, and availability
  • Streamlined tools and documentation support
  • Access to intervention resources and progress-monitoring tools
  • Billing and operational support
  • A supportive clinical community with provider meetings and office hours
  • Free continuing education opportunities
  • License reimbursement opportunities
  • Opportunities to provide feedback and help shape our programs

Compensation

The rates below apply to 1099 opportunities and are based on the provider’s primary service delivery state.

  • MI: Starts at $54/hour
  • CA, NY, WA: Starts at $52/hour
  • CO, IL, IN, MA, ME, OR: Starts at $48/hour
  • AL, AR, AZ, GA, KS, KY, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV: Starts at $46/hour

Join the Parallel Provider Network and help students build the skills they need to thrive in school and beyond.

👋 About Parallel

Parallel is the first tech-forward provider of care for learning and thinking differences across the United States. We believe learning differences are parallel ways of thinking that should be celebrated. Our mission is to provide students with the resources and encouragement to succeed in the classroom and beyond by helping them build confidence in their unique strengths and create strategies to work around their challenges.

Parallel simplifies the process of getting support for learning differences by consolidating providers and resources on a single platform. We connect students with qualified professionals while significantly reducing waiting times, costs, and confusion.

Our core services include:

  • Psychological Assessment
  • Counseling
  • Speech-Language Services
  • Special Education
  • And more

Learn more at parallellearning.com.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Parallel, we believe in celebrating differences. This belief extends from schools into our workplace and through the ways we work together toward our mission. We are committed to fostering a diverse, accessible environment that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, viewpoints, and abilities by championing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We are committed to building and fostering a diverse workforce, including individuals from historically marginalized groups, and creating a workplace where employees’ strengths are championed, differences are celebrated, and no one is discriminated against based on age, race, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, national origin, or any other protected characteristic.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization where different learners and thinkers can thrive.

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