Anticipated Therapeutic Learning Center (TLC) Clinician (3090)

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 5200 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.

Education: Master of Social Work School Psychology or School Adjustment Counseling or equivalent from an accredited institution

Professional Certification:

• MA DESE LCSW
• School Psychologist

Specialized Knowledge:

• 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.

Preferred Experience:

• Two years post-graduate experience working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth and their families

Skills:

• Demonstrated aptitude for work to be performed
• Bilingual skills especially in Spanish and Portuguese are highly desirable
• 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.

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and in conformity with state certification requirements.

• Phone intercom personal computer and software applications scanner copy machine calculator camera printers and fax machine.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

The essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• 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.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job satisfactorily and if requested reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to:

• move about the classroom school school grounds office and/or off-site locations.
• On some occasions it may be necessary to move quickly across even or uneven surfaces;
• remain in a stationary position for periods of time;
• operate a computer and other school/office productivity machinery (i.e. iPad copy machine computer printer assistive technology etc.);
• read material from a computer monitor as well as handwritten or printed matter with or without visual aids;
• position oneself to maintain files and access school/classroom/office materials;
• communicate with others so that information received and given is understood and accurately communicated;
• communicate and collaborate effectively with students parents and other staff members in person via video conference on the telephone and/or in writing;
• observe details at close range
• In the school setting ensure the safety of students.
• multitask and meet multiple demands from several people;
• may need to teach and support students with life skills development such as eating cleaning and toileting
• lifting up to and including 25 lbs
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.
• Formal application

The Natick Public Schoolsdo not discriminate on the basis of age race creed color religion nationality sex sexual orientation gender identity disability pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions physical and intellectual differences immigration status homeless statusor any other class protected by law.