Anticipated Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC) Clinician (3090)

Natick Public Schools•Natick, MA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Natick Public Schools Seek an Anticipated Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC) Clinician Start Date: 8/24/2026 We invite you to explore a career with Natick Public Schools. The Natick Public Schools educate approximately 5,200 students from Pre-K through age 22. We are an innovative, supportive, and high-performing district whose outstanding staff provides high quality services for our diverse students and their families from Natick and Boston. Natick Public Schools is a community dedicated to all students achieving high standards in a safe, trusting, respectful environment where learning is exciting, dynamic, and engaging, and where connectedness and belonging are valued and actively cultivated. We are home to families that speak almost 60 different languages and our student population is approximately 29% Students of Color and 71% White students. With a graduation rate of 97% and 90% of our students attending post-secondary schools, we are proud of our commitment to excellence in educating students to be informed and successful citizens of a global world. We enthusiastically welcome educators to our district who seek and thrive in a diverse environment that focuses on the whole child in a strengths-based approach. Please partner with us in our mission to support the diversity of our school community, promote and deliver equitable practices for all of our staff, students, and families, and create meaningful connections that enable everyone to feel included and thrive.

Requirements

Master of Social Work, School Psychology, or School Adjustment Counseling or equivalent from an accredited institution
MA DESE LCSW School Psychologist
Outstanding oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
An unrelenting focus on student success, safety, and accountability.
Understanding of and commitment to the principles and practices of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice as they relate to student engagement and success.
Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Candidates should have a passion for working with students, families, and colleagues.
Candidates must be flexible and collaborative.
Candidates must be able to multitask in a fast-paced, supportive environment that nurtures student growth.
Candidates must be organized and able to meet ongoing, time-sensitive deadlines for work production.

Nice To Haves

Two years post-graduate experience working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth and their families
Bilingual skills, especially in Spanish and Portuguese, are highly desirable

Responsibilities

Coordinates care for students in the TLC Program, a program f or students who require access to a therapeutic learning environment throughout their school day.
Support students with therapeutic interventions as a group and 1:1
Support general ed/special ed students' referrals, as needed
Attend IEP meetings for all TLC students
Facilitate community engagement for the TLC students
Collaborate with school-based Team members as well as home-based Team and outside providers
Write IEP goals and implement IEP services
Provide evidence-based therapeutic intervention focused on improved behavioral health that will allow increased access to school-based curriculum.
Provide evidence-based psycho-education as requested.
Advocate for increased community-based services on behalf of families.
Provide home visits, as needed, for targeted, supportive intervention.
Provide regularly scheduled information sharing between students, parents/guardians, school personnel, and collateral services providers to discuss progress related to goals; interact effectively and respectfully with school personnel, supervisors, parents/guardians, and collateral services providers.
Participate in IEP and SST meetings, as needed.
Provide Safety Care de-escalation intervention for students experiencing behavioral crises.
Provide mental status exams, as needed.
Provide written, collaboratively agreed upon, social/emotional, and behavioral goals.
Write progress reports.
Write and maintain Behavior Intervention Plans, as needed.
Maintain written client contact notes that are accessible to students, parents/guardians, teachers, and administrators.
Provide consultation to building-based personnel regarding best practice interventions for students struggling with social, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges.