What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Relations Counselor Trainee position at Connecticut Judicial Branch?
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch
Statewide
The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch is seeking a Family Relations Counselor Trainee to receive on the job training and is given progressively responsible assignments in the following areas: in marital dissolution or separation cases, conduct comprehensive family evaluation involving disputed issues of child custody, visitation, and family finances; prepare and present oral and written evaluations, including dispositional recommendations to the court, attorneys, and families; when necessary, provide testimony to the court; conduct conjoint mediation sessions with parties to assist them in achieving mutually agreeable solutions to disputed issues; working with attorneys and clients, receive training in conducting pre-trial settlement conferences and analyzing complex family financial data and recommending equitable distribution of income and assets; develop, maintain, and utilize relationships with community agencies to make appropriate referrals for services and to obtain necessary information; provide crises-intervention, on-going counseling and education services to clients; may assist in providing public education workshops and training; in criminal cases involving family violence, receive training in conducting assessments of dangerousness and recommending appropriate judicial action to ensure the safety of victims including protective orders; receive training in performing in-depth evaluations of violent relationships for the court and preparing written reports recommending suitable dispositional alternatives; develop and maintain relationships with family violence victim advocates and community agencies as referral and information sources; in criminal cases involving interpersonal disputes, receive training in providing mediation and evaluation services to offenders and victims as a diversion to the adjudication process.
Salary Range: $68,413 - $/84,625year plus State of Connecticut benefits. New employees begin at the minimum. The starting salary for existing state employees may be higher than the minimum, in accordance with existing Judicial Branch policy.
The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch offers its employees a top-notch array of health and retirement benefits including but not limited to: paid holidays, vacation, sick and personal leave, group life insurance, 457 Deferred Compensation, voluntary flexible spending account programs, discounted auto and home insurance policies and long and short-term disability.
Experience And Training
General Experience: A Bachelor's degree.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Incumbents in this class are required to have a valid Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license and a motor vehicle available for daily use.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents may be exposed to some risk of injury from assaultive/abusive clients; may be exposed to disagreeable conditions when interviewing incarcerated clients.
TERM OF APPOINTMENT: This class is intended to permit the Judicial Branch to recruit and train employees for the class of Family Relations Counselor I. An employee classified as a Family Relations counselor Trainee shall be advanced to Family Relations Counselor I upon his/her first anniversary with the Judicial Branch and a service rating of satisfactory or better.
Applications must be received by November 23, 2026. Applications must be submitted through the on-line application site at: https://www.jud.ct.gov/hronline/. Resumes or paper applications will not be accepted.
Careers at the Branch play an essential role for the public and society. Our meaningful, challenging, and interesting positions have a long-lasting effect that serves to advance justice and ultimately provides for the greater good of all.
Please reference posting number 26-7000-127
EOE
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Statewide
The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch is seeking a Family Relations Counselor Trainee to receive on the job training and is given progressively responsible assignments in the following areas: in marital dissolution or separation cases, conduct comprehensive family evaluation involving disputed issues of child custody, visitation, and family finances; prepare and present oral and written evaluations, including dispositional recommendations to the court, attorneys, and families; when necessary, provide testimony to the court; conduct conjoint mediation sessions with parties to assist them in achieving mutually agreeable solutions to disputed issues; working with attorneys and clients, receive training in conducting pre-trial settlement conferences and analyzing complex family financial data and recommending equitable distribution of income and assets; develop, maintain, and utilize relationships with community agencies to make appropriate referrals for services and to obtain necessary information; provide crises-intervention, on-going counseling and education services to clients; may assist in providing public education workshops and training; in criminal cases involving family violence, receive training in conducting assessments of dangerousness and recommending appropriate judicial action to ensure the safety of victims including protective orders; receive training in performing in-depth evaluations of violent relationships for the court and preparing written reports recommending suitable dispositional alternatives; develop and maintain relationships with family violence victim advocates and community agencies as referral and information sources; in criminal cases involving interpersonal disputes, receive training in providing mediation and evaluation services to offenders and victims as a diversion to the adjudication process.
Salary Range: $68,413 - $/84,625year plus State of Connecticut benefits. New employees begin at the minimum. The starting salary for existing state employees may be higher than the minimum, in accordance with existing Judicial Branch policy.
The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch offers its employees a top-notch array of health and retirement benefits including but not limited to: paid holidays, vacation, sick and personal leave, group life insurance, 457 Deferred Compensation, voluntary flexible spending account programs, discounted auto and home insurance policies and long and short-term disability.
Experience And Training
General Experience: A Bachelor's degree.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Incumbents in this class are required to have a valid Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license and a motor vehicle available for daily use.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents may be exposed to some risk of injury from assaultive/abusive clients; may be exposed to disagreeable conditions when interviewing incarcerated clients.
TERM OF APPOINTMENT: This class is intended to permit the Judicial Branch to recruit and train employees for the class of Family Relations Counselor I. An employee classified as a Family Relations counselor Trainee shall be advanced to Family Relations Counselor I upon his/her first anniversary with the Judicial Branch and a service rating of satisfactory or better.
Applications must be received by November 23, 2026. Applications must be submitted through the on-line application site at: https://www.jud.ct.gov/hronline/. Resumes or paper applications will not be accepted.
Careers at the Branch play an essential role for the public and society. Our meaningful, challenging, and interesting positions have a long-lasting effect that serves to advance justice and ultimately provides for the greater good of all.
Please reference posting number 26-7000-127
EOE
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Salary : $68,413