The Katherine Thomas School in Rockville, MD seeks to hire a full-time Social Worker beginning with the upcoming 2024/2025 school year. The Katherine Thomas School is a private special education school that services students with language, learning, sensory motor disabilities, and autism. EOE

Responsibilities of the School Social Worker include:

• Providing psycho-educational and social-emotional services to students and families of students enrolled in KTS

• Student counseling - both group and individual

• Providing parent support groups, family system assessments and parent conferences

• Attending interdisciplinary team meetings, integration into the classrooms, liaison with community agencies and providing play therapy

• Appropriate clinical record keeping to ensure that school standards for clinical accountability/quality programming are upheld

  Requirements for the School Social Worker:

• A master's degree in social work

• An active license as an LCSW or LMSW in the state of Maryland or qualify at time of hire for licensure by endorsement (actively licensed in another state)

• Experience with educational agencies and interdisciplinary teams is preferred

• Clinical experience in school social work and/or play therapy

• Experience with early childhood, developmental and behavioral approaches required

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Interpersonal skills that bring about effective communication and positive interactions with students

• Knowledge base regarding LD and ASD school populations