School-Based Counselor

Job Details

Job Location:

Boyertown Area School District - Boyertown, PA 19512

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth

1100 Adams Ave | Audubon, PA 19403

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Title:

School-Based Counselor

FLSA:
Exempt

Reports To:

Chief Clinical 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.

The School-Based Counselor provides (1) mental health therapeutic support, (2) case management.

• Identify students in need of trauma support and to provide prevention, screening, referral and treatment services to students potentially in need of services
• Provide counseling interventions (group, individual and/or family)
• 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

• Assist teachers with behavior management strategies
• Provide staff with essential information to better understand factors (cultural, societal, economic, familial, health, etc.) affecting a student’s performance and behavior
• Train school staff on trauma-informed approaches to education to develop safe, stable and nurturing learning environments that prevent and mitigate the effects of trauma

• Provide consultation regarding school law and school policy including IDEA and Section 504
• Assist in developing positive behavioral intervention strategies
• Assist in developing and implementing educational programs, including programs on safety and bullying
• Develop alternative programs for drop-out, truancy, delinquency, etc.

• Works with parents to facilitate their support in their children’s school adjustment
• Alleviate family stress to enable the child to function more effectively in school & community
• Assist parents in accessing and utilizing school and community resources
• Work with those problems in a child’s living situation that affect the child’s adjustment in school (home, school, and community)

• Obtain and coordinate community resources to meet students’ needs
• Provide health services and intervention strategies by coordinating the services provided by eligible applicants and coordinated care organizations, public health entities, nonprofit youth service providers and community-based organizations
• Foster and promote communication between the school entity, community and law enforcement
• Increase access to quality trauma-informed support services and…