DELCO Careers at The Lincoln Center: Empowering Families and Youth

Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1983, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities.

Headquartered in Audubon , TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed training.

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth collaborates with school districts, universities, hospitals, police departments, and nonprofit organizations, offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant funding.

Here are a few of the staff positions currently available at The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth:

Licensed School-based Counselor/ Social Worker

The School-based Counselor/Social Worker provides early intervention therapy and counseling services in a designated school district, as well as case management and mental health support services at the school and in the homes of at-risk students.

Additionally, they offer consultation services to school personnel, liaison support to community agencies, and training programs for both school and community populations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide case management for students and families requiring multiple resources.

• 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.

• Provide mental and behavioral health care services for students with IEPs/504 plans.

• Deliver counseling and support services as stipulated on IEPs/504 plans.

• Comply with all local and Federal laws and regulations related to students with IEPs/504 plans.

• Attend and participate in IEP meetings using a strengths-based and family-centered approach.

• Assist in the production and delivery of IEP progress reports to parents/guardians.

• Provide case management for students and families requiring community resources.

• Provide data and clinical support regarding students’ progress with counseling goals.

• Provide staff with essential information to better understand factors (cultural, societal, economic, familial, health, etc.) affecting a student’s performance and behavior.

• Provide direct support and interventions to students exhibiting challenging behaviors.

• Employ evidenced-based strategies and techniques to de-escalate behavioral incidents.

• Offer counseling and coaching to help students understand and manage their emotions and behaviors.

• Develop proactive strategies to prevent behavioral issues, including classroom accommodations and modifications when necessary.

• Respond to crisis situations while working closely with school security and counseling teams.

• Providing case management for students and families requiring multiple resources.

• Work 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 and 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 behavioral health care by linking the community with local trauma support and behavioral health systems.

• Help school districts receive adequate support from social and mental health agencies.

• Mobilize family, school, and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in his or her educational program.

• Help school districts receive adequate support from social and mental health agencies.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

• Ability to work effectively on a multi-treatment team.

• Proficient in numerous clinical interventions.

• Knowledge of and ability to access community resources.

• Strong substance abuse intervention skills.

Education & Experience:

• Education: Master’s degree required, preferably in counseling or social work.

• A License in Social Work (LSW) is required.

Find out more about the Full-time Licensed School-based Counselor/Social Worker position in Norristown.

Board-Certified Behavior Analyst

The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) will work with elementary, middle, and/or high school students at a Norristown charter school to study the behavior of students and create plans to improve or change problematic behaviors; work with students who have developmental disabilities, brain injuries or emotional control, social or behavioral issues; and/or help students manage issues such as stress or anger in healthier ways or achieve personal behavior goals.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Meet with students and parents to observe and assess student behavior.
• Meet with families, teachers, or doctors to discuss the student’s treatment and progress and recommend ways to address behavioral issues.
• Develop individual plans to correct, maintain, or improve certain behaviors.
• Help clients set and meet behavior goals.
• Keep detailed notes of student meetings and progress.
• Use methods such as reinforcement and conditioning to correct or reduce aggressive, harmful, and anti-social behaviors and to encourage positive behaviors.
• Facilitate and assist in the development and identification of resources and support information for students and their families.
• Provide model teaching and other direct instructional supports, including but not limited to practicum.
• Develop and implement assessment tools; conduct functional assessments and analyses.
• Develop appropriate behavior strategies to teach appropriate behavior and reduce maladaptive behaviors.
• Conduct research and apply findings to their work.

Skills & Knowledge :

• Successful completion of internship and/or formal training in behavior analysis.
• Applied behavior management and analysis skills.
• Communication, organizational, and interpersonal relations skills.
• Ability to work with a variety of clients in regard to age, functionality, and with minimal direction.

Education & Experience:

Certification: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)® Certification in Pennsylvania required.

Education: Master’s degree required.

Find out more about the Board-Certified Behavior Analyst position.

Special Education Teacher (With Generous Sign-on Bonus)

The Special Education Teacher works with students who have a wide range of socioemotional and mental health needs and/or learning disabilities.

The Special Education Teacher develops and provides specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of students, evaluates and assesses student progress against instructional objectives, follows PA-mandated due process procedures, and functions as IEP Manager to assigned students.

The Special Education Teacher must be able to work in a team environment with other educators, special education staff, counselors, and social workers.

The Special Education Teacher should possess a high degree of authenticity, kindness, and empathy while effectively maintaining an environment conducive to academic and socioemotional growth.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with students in grades PreK-4 who have a wide variety of socioemotional and mental health needs and/or learning disabilities.

• Assess students’ skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans.

• Plan, organize, and assign activities that are specific to each student’s abilities.

• Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one-on-one.

• Assess student progress and determine the need for additional reinforcement or adjustments to instructional techniques.

• Establish and maintain student control and discipline in the classroom, school premises or during school activities.

• Employ and implement a classroom structure to encourage student responsibility, cooperation and mutual respect consistent with school policies and procedures.

• Provide consultation to classroom teachers regarding classroom adaptations, instructional modifications, adaptive equipment, behavior modification plans and other similar instructional interventions to meet the needs of students.

• Develop and implement Individualized Educational Program (IEP) plans for students to include: present levels of educational performance, special education needs, instructional goals and objectives, and the special education and related services required to meet those goals.

• Implement IEPs, assess students’ performance, and track their progress.

• Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students’ progress and goals.

• Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators.

• Employ various teaching techniques, methods and principles of learning to enable students to meet their IEP goals.

• Provide research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional goals and objectives contained within each student’s IEP.

• Coordinate the delivery of special education services in each student’s IEP.

• Supervise and mentor other teachers who work with special education students.

• Collaborate with teachers, counselors, and social workers to accommodate students’ needs.

• Meet with parents, school administrators, and counselors to discuss updates and changes to the IEPs.

• Schedule team meetings and work cooperatively with child study team members and others to develop instructional goals and strategies.

• Collaborate and consult with educational professionals and community service providers (i.e., social services, public health, medical providers etc.) regarding the needs of students.

• Complete all district and state reporting requirements.

Skills & Knowledge: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Ability to work effectively on a multi-treatment team.

Knowledge and experience with IEP software.

Strong substance abuse intervention skills.

Knowledge of and ability to access community resources.

Proficient in numerous clinical interventions.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree and Pennsylvania Special Education Certification (PreK-12).

Find out more about the Special Education Teacher position.

See all the available job openings at The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth.