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Meeting Street Massachusetts
New Bedford, Massachusetts

Social Worker - Early Intervention

Social WorkerNo callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$51k-$68k

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children’s lives? Look no further and join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Full-time Employees Receive

  • Competitive Pay
  • Generous PTO
  • 13 paid holidays
  • Medical, dental, vision and MORE
  • Salary range: $50,960 to $68,486 annually

Meeting Street is currently looking for a Social Worker for 30 hours per week.

Duties

Uses approved instruments to provide developmental screening within their native language, assessment and evaluation for children birth to three years of age as part of a multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility.

Demonstrates competence in interpreting results of screening and evaluation in terms of the child’s functional capabilities with an emphasis on self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, mobility, sensory integration, behavior, play and oral-motor functioning and explains results to families in a mindful manner incorporating health literacy.

Creates adaptation of the environment for infants or toddlers and selects, designs and fabricates assistive devices to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills with respect to the family’s culture and traditions.

Develops and implements appropriate treatment plan (IFSP) with the family and EI team.

Develops therapeutic activities and programs to prevent or minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community’s future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i. e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.

Learn more about us at meetingstreet.org

Requirements

  • Minimum of 1-year related experience working with infants and toddlers from birth to age 5.
  • Licensed as a Social Worker in Massachusetts.
  • Valid pediatric CPR and First Aid certification.
  • Provisional Early Intervention licensure; completion of CEIS portfolio within three years of hire.

Early Intervention services are provided in the child’s Natural Environments, which include the home, childcare settings and the community or other immediate environments natural the child and family’s environment.

Employees must be able to provide reliable transportation to meet job needs as well as proof of a current driver’s license.

Able to get to the child’s level, climb stairs, deal with weather conditions, lift, bending and squatting.

Position hours: Monday: 9:00AM to 2:00PM; Tuesday: 11:30AM to 6:00PM; Wednesday: 9:00AM to 3:30PM; Thursday: 8:30AM to 2:30PM; Friday: 8:30AM to 2:30PM

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker will conduct developmental screenings and assessments for children aged birth to three as part of a multidisciplinary team. They are responsible for developing and implementing individualized treatment plans (IFSP) and creating therapeutic activities to support child development.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaborationFunctional capabilities assessmentAssistive device designTreatment planningIFSP developmentPediatric careSocial work

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Early Intervention at Meeting Street Massachusetts a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,344 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 18% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$60k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $56k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,344 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$51k–$68kSocial Work median $68k (middle half $63k–$89k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$56k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Massachusetts210 active6,439 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 52% remote · 18% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts social worker listings (all specialties): 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 10% offer loan repayment241 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,592 in the last 30 days1,395 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,344 Social Work listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About Meeting Street Massachusetts

Non-profit Organizations
Providence, RI
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Pay
Generous PTO
13 Paid Holidays
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Living in New Bedford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$452k≈ 8.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,811/mo≈ 43% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.8
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.