Annual Salary: $42,556 or Hourly Rate: $20.46

Schedule: Monday - Friday, hours may vary

Since 1971, Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board has provided a comprehensive continuum of high-quality, essential, and community-based services to citizens of the Peninsula who are affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.

Therapeutic Mentor Services helps youth in our community develop a sense of self-work and self-confidence and to promote their personal growth by encouraging and enhancing their academic, social, vocation, independent living, athletic and expressive skills.

The Therapeutic Mentor provides in-home and out-of-home education, behavioral interventions, training and crisis management services to children and adolescents with moderate to severe emotional disturbance, intellectual developmental disability or substance use disorder and their families. Family service work includes the provision of crisis intervention, behavioral interventions, participation in treatment planning, outreach, service provider linkage, monitoring, advocacy, daily living support, respite, independent living skills, vocational instruction, medication monitoring, supportive counseling and positive role modeling.

Full-time Benefits, include:

• Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Employer Paid Disability Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Annual and Sick Leave
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Cancer/ICU and Accident Insurance
• Legal Resources
• Identity Theft Protection
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 403(b) Deferred Compensation Plan
• Group Long Term Care Insurance

Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services (Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, or Counseling) and at least one (1) year clinical experience or five (5) years clinical experience working with emotionally troubled children and affected families, including youth with intellectual and development disabilities.

The selected candidate must successfully pass a criminal history fingerprint background investigation, DMV record check, Child Registry search, drug screening test and employment reference checks.