Social Worker - Elementary/Middle School

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

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to have received at least the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. New hires must receive any additional vaccine doses in the appropriate timeframes to be considered fully vaccinated and submit weekly test results until they are fully vaccinated. Requests for religious or medical exemptions will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Benefits for the school social worker:

A great team of professionals in a supportive work environment!

A competitive salary and benefits package that includes educational opportunities, health, dental, a retirement plan, vacation, sick and holiday pay is provided for the School Social Worker.