Position Details

$500.00 Sign-on Incentive for Full-time positions!

What is the work schedule?

This position will work 3 days per week.

• Friday - 3:00pm to 11:00pm
• Saturday - 8:00am to 10:00pm
• Sunday - 8:00am to 10:00pm

What you will do?

As a Youth Counselor you will be responsible for providing direct care services for our clients. This position will assess client interactions, formulate interventions based on the identified treatment plan and evaluate the progress of treatment goals. Specific duties include:

• Provide consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior, using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
• Utilize a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escalate.
• Assist clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self-identify and self correct.
• Understand the impact of client’s behaviors on their own actions/reactions in the workplace and utilizes team feedback to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
• Provide daily living supervision and treatment intervention.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust and respect.
• Assure consistent, ongoing, and timely provision for basic client needs.
• Follow medication management guidelines.
• Safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources monitoring behaviors as needed. 
• Effectively participate in team to review case progress and provide best programming.
• Maintain good team participation and interaction.
• Maintain positive role modeling and performance, as an agent of change for the youth.
• Complete documentation of services in a timely manner – including daily case notes, behavior management, visual checks, etc.

Qualifications & Program Information

What you need:

To qualify you must be at least 18 years of age and possess a High School Diploma or GED. A Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services related field of study is preferred, but not required. Additional requirements include:

• Desire to help kids succeed.
• Prior experience working with children in a mental health setting preferred.
• Strong communication and problem solving abilities.
• Basic computer skills in a MS Office environment.

Apply now for immediate consideration!