Posted: 11-Jun-25
Location: Horsham, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: $60,000
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The Quaker School at Horsham (TQS) is seeking a Licensed Social Worker.
TQS uses research-based programs provided by compassionate professionals to enable each student with complex challenges to blossom and achieve meaningful personal, social and academic success. Our compassionate community builds trusting relationships among students, parents, therapists, faculty and staff.
The students at TQS in grades K-12 have struggled in traditional schools and come with a pressing need for a safe learning environment where they can confidently face the challenges of learning. These students have a mix of disabilities: ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, expressive and receptive language disorders and anxiety disorders. At TQS, we use the latest findings from educational research to guide our curriculum and nurture our students’ inherent curiosity and desire to learn.
The physical, mental and emotional well-being of faculty and staff is of top importance. We provide opportunities for fellowship and goodwill, and experiences to create overall positive morale. We share the many positive achievements of our school community and acknowledge and celebrate the personal and professional milestones within our faculty and staff community.
Position Title: Social Worker, LSW
Status: Full-time, 10 months
Salary: $60, 000
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach social development courses in a classroom of 8–10 students with complex needs. Responsibilities include: developing lesson plans, managing student behavior, supporting emotional and academic growth, evaluating student profiles, reporting on progress and establishing classroom routines that promote optimal learning.
- Support students in addressing behavioral and social challenges.
- Identify and reduce barriers to learning to ensure students fully benefit from their educational experience.
- Implement positive behavioral interventions within the classroom setting.
- Coordinate and maintain the S2SS (Safe2Say Something) program by updating team information, managing tip responses, training students and staff, and supporting additional projects as assigned.
- Provide case management for all students across the school.
- Maintain consistent communication with families, staff and external professionals.
- Deliver crisis intervention as needed, including the use of Safety-Care techniques for physical restraint, used only as a last resort.
- Use specialized instructional strategies to support the development of language, cognition, memory and social-emotional skills. Techniques may include project-based learning, multi-sensory instruction, differentiated approaches, and repetition to meet diverse student needs.
- Set and communicate clear learning objectives for all lessons, units and projects, and share them with students and families via the school’s learning management system.
- Monitor student growth through regular assessments, maintaining accurate records including attendance, progress monitoring data, rating forms and checklists. Use this data to inform instruction and prepare weekly or daily communications with families, as required.
- Collaborate with TQS learning community stakeholders to promote and implement social and emotional learning strategies.
Requirements: Master’s degree and license in social work. Clinical License (LCSW) preferred. Master’s degree in School Counseling accepted.
To apply: https://www.quakerschool.org/about/careers
NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION: The Quaker School at Horsham (TQS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental handicap/disability, citizenship, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs, activities or employment practices.