The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth
820 Adams Ave., Ste. 210 | Audubon, PA 19403
(610) 277-3715 | jobs@TheLincolnCenter.com
Clinical School Counselor
Title:
Clinical School Counselor
FLSA:
Exempt
Reports To:
Organization Summary:
Chief Program Officer
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.
Summary:
The School Counselor provides support services to students, staff, and parents including referrals, counseling, assessment, diagnostics, and report writing. He/she serves the many varied and diverse needs of the individual students assigned. The Counselor works with other social services personnel and educators to plan and implement an appropriate educational/clinical program. He/she maintains consistency with program expectations to encourage academic, social and personal growth. The Counselor makes every effort to keep the student and parent abreast of current grades, behavior, and personal growth.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Facilitate group counseling
- Facilitate individual counseling with each assigned student once a week; Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences; Examine issues including substance abuse, aging, bullying, anger management, careers, depression, relationships, LGBTQ issues, self-image, stress and suicide
- Conduct home visits and assessments as necessary
- Compose and monitor individual growth/service plans; Help students define goals, plan action and gain insight
- Maintaining individual student Education Plans, etc. and student rostering/scheduling
- Complete progress notes and written reports within 24 hours of service provision
- Weekly parental and district phone contact
- Maintain student records; complete reports as required by Federal, State and local entities
- Serves as member of the team and attends meetings as scheduled and requested
- Serve as a liaison to the sending districts
- Work with individuals, families, groups and communities
- Develop therapeutic processes
- Refer students to other community services as appropriate
- Take a holistic (mind and body) approach to student care
Skills:
- High degree of flexibility, sensitivity, warmth and empathy, be a team player
- Strong sense of compassion and commitment to helping people, facilitation, being a change agent, listening, observation, reflection, goal planning
Work Environment:
This job operates in a school environment, other public buildings, and in private residences.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate effectively. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, operate a computer, hand-held learning devices and other office equipment, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Hours of Work:
This is a 43 week full-time position.
Travel:
Travel is occasional, such as chaperoning student class day trips.
Education and Experience:
Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work or related field. Pennsylvania Certification and/or license. Experience working in an alternative environment a plus.
EEO Statement:
Our Company is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to, race, age, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis recognized by federal, state or local law.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
