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About the Role
The Youth and Family Counselor provides individual and family counseling to runaway and homeless youth and their families. This role involves completing comprehensive assessments, developing and implementing individualized service plans, and providing short-term counseling to resolve problems and improve youth and family risk factors. A strong emphasis is placed on strengthening family relationships to ensure youth return home and remain housed, or to assist youth in obtaining safe, stable housing if return home is not possible.
Responsibilities
- Direct service to runaway/homeless youth
- Individual and Family Counseling
- Assessments
- Crisis Intervention
- Referral Readiness and Referral
- Partner with shelter manager, case manager, and staff
- Youth Advocacy
- Maintenance of Client records, consistent with agency policies
- Neighborhood and Community Outreach
- Accurate, Timely Case and Program Record Keeping
- Individual and Group Supervision Participation
- Staff Meetings and Training Participation
- Transportation of Clients, when required and consistent with agency policies
- Participation in Community Committees, Coalitions, Task Forces, etc. as assigned
- Other duties, as assigned
Requirements
- Possess knowledge of and experience in providing chemical dependency and problem gambling prevention counseling
- Adhere to ethical conduct
- Demonstrate professionalism (timely, dependable, responsible, flexible)
- Be non-judgmental and respectful
- Model principles of inclusion and tolerance
- Be youth centered and positive
- Be family friendly
- Establish effective working relationships with supervisor and co-workers
- Develop positive relationships with all key stakeholders
- Have strong literacy skills (reading, writing, comprehension)
- Have excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Conduct research and apply best practices and evaluation methods
- Effectively promote knowledge and skill development and positive behaviors
- Provide leadership and/or work independently as requested
- Possess significant knowledge of adolescent development including positive youth development, asset development, risk reduction and protective factors
- Possess significant knowledge of youth serving systems
- Possess significant knowledge of community resources
- Possess significant knowledge of client advocacy
- Staff are required to attend professional development trainings and continually enhance their understanding of cultural diversity
- Staff are expected to respect and honor cultural and human diversity
- Authorization for the agency to obtain driving record information
- Proof of a satisfactory physical exam within the last 12 months including a PPD and annually thereafter
- A valid driver's license with a driving record acceptable to agency insurance carrier
- Regular access to a motor vehicle
- Automobile insurance at the level of $100,000 per person/$300,000 per accident Bodily Injury and $50,000 Property Damage
- Must be able to be autonomously mobile in order to provide the required services
Skills
- Chemical dependency and problem gambling prevention counseling
- Ethical conduct
- Professionalism
- Inclusion and tolerance
- Youth centered approach
- Family friendly approach
- Effective working relationships
- Positive stakeholder relationships
- Strong literacy skills
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Research
- Best practices and evaluation methods
- Knowledge and skill development promotion
- Positive behavior promotion
- Leadership
- Independent work
- Adolescent development
- Positive youth development
- Asset development
- Risk reduction and protective factors
- Youth serving systems
- Community resources
- Client advocacy
- Cultural diversity understanding
- Culturally competent practices
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Work Type
- Full-time
- 35 hours per week
Experience Level
- At least 5 years of related experience
Education Level
- Master's degree in Social Work or related
- LMSW or LCSW preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $25.00-28.00 per hour
Benefits
- $1,500.00 HIRING BONUS AVAILABLE!
About the Company
- The Center delivers services to youth and families from many racial, ethnic, cultural, social and life style groups.
- We value differences in people and strive to understand diverse cultures, ethnic origins, sexual orientations, abilities and beliefs.
Equal Opportunity
- The Center for Youth provides equal opportunities for employment.