School Social Worker

## Description

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| | The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth 1100 Adams Ave | Audubon, PA 19403 (610) 277-3715 | <[email hidden]> **JOB DESCRIPTION: LICENSED SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELOR/ SOCIAL WORKER** |

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| **Title:** | Licensed School-based Counselor/ Social Worker |

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| **FLSA:** | Exempt |

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| **Reports To:** | Clinical Director, School-Based Services |

| **Organization Summary:** | Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1983, TLC is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities—one moment, one choice, one connection at a time. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed training. Additionally, TLC collaborates with school districts, universities, hospitals, police departments, and nonprofit organizations, offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant funding. |

| **Position Summary:** | The School-based Counselor/ Social Worker provides (1) case management and mental health support services at the school and in the homes of at-risk students, and (2) consultation services to school personnel, liaison support to community agencies, and training programs for school and community populations. |

| **Duties & Responsibilities** | SERVICES TO STUDENTS: - Identify students in need of trauma support and to provide prevention, screening, referral and treatment services to students potentially in need of services. - Provide trauma-informed therapy and counseling interventions (group, individual and/or family) for at-risk students. - Provide mentoring and other intervention models to children and their families who have experienced trauma or are at risk of experiencing trauma, including those who are low-income, homeless, in foster care, involved in the criminal justice system, unemployed, experiencing a mental illness or substance abuse disorder or not enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational institution. - Provide case management for students and families requiring multiple resources. - Provide quality trauma support and behavioral health care services. - Provide home-based services to the families of students who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma, including those who are low-income, homeless, involved in the child welfare system or involved in the juvenile justice system. SERVICES TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL: |