Counseling Therapist

Position Overview

Love and encourage Men of Valor staff, volunteers, and participants in such a way that reflects and honors Christ. Represent Men of Valor as a therapist to counsel and inform our students and the incarcerated population about trauma, addiction, and therapy. Work closely with the Counseling Director to cultivate a safe and healthy environment for Men of Valor staff and participants, to include the launching and supporting of a more robust counseling program for Men of Valor at our reentry campuses and for Men of Valor program participants in prisons and jails.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

· Assist in facilitating Counseling Manager in providing counseling services both onsite and in the local jails/prisons.

· Implement curriculum and best practices surrounding trauma and addiction to be applied in programs, individual and group therapy for the incarcerated and reentering populations.

· Facilitate individual counseling and group therapy sessions.

· Implement the most effective modalities for ACE’s & Prison Trauma (EMDR, IFS Therapy, etc.)

· Work with Department of Correction, jails, Core Civic, and relevant Men of Valor staff to establish protocol for programming inside state prisons.

· Hybrid position requiring travel to local jails two to three days a week.

· Schedule sessions for interns and participants:

· Work with Front-Line Team to determine participants for counseling.

· Carry an active caseload for clients at the Ridge, Valor Way, or Chattanooga campuses.

· Attend monthly full-staff meetings.

· Attend monthly front-line team meetings (when necessary).

· Other duties as needed or assigned.

· Professional experience working with those suffering from trauma and substance use disorders.

Knowledge and Skills:

· Is a Christ-follower with a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

· Is a people-oriented team player and is driven to serve others.

· Possesses strong interpersonal skills, is humble, gentle, dignified, and respectful of others.

· Ability to react appropriately under pressure, apply good judgment, use sound decision-making and problem-solving skills in a deadline-driven environment; is flexible with your time and schedule.

· The ability to adapt to changing priorities and meet expected deadlines; pays attention to detail.

· Can prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with an orientation toward accomplishment.

· Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with various individuals throughout MOV and outside organizations.

· Ability to handle confidential matters discreetly and efficiently.

· Must be able to use discretion in matters related to the ministry and use your best judgment to problem solve and guide the client through Biblical principles.

· Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

· Access, knowledge, and daily utilization of office equipment, Microsoft Office Suite, Google, TEAMS, Credit Card, and QuickBooks Payroll & TIME applications.

· Strong record keeping ability and record keeping skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, perform repetitive physical and mental activities, have face to face and telephone contact with individuals or teams, have telephone conversations, write letters and memos, use electronic mail, meet strict deadlines, work with others in a group or team, and work with external customers of the public. Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The work is performed indoors in environmentally controlled conditions, as well as outdoors in various weather conditions. The noise level in the work environments is usually moderate.