Bilingual Youth Counselor (Clinical Case Management)

Working at Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) means doing work that matters every day because of the difference you will make in the lives of children and families in Northern Virginia. NVFS’ breadth, depth and scope of services offer the resources and support to ensure that everyone in need, at every stage of life, maximizes their potential and fully contributes to a thriving community. At Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS), we value every team member’s contribution and our collective impact on our clients and the community. NVFS is an equal opportunity employer, E-Verify participant and drug-free workplace.

Join the NVFS Family: We are looking to hire a Youth Counselor to join the NVFS Youth Initiatives team! As the Youth Counselor, you will provide therapeutic case management services to youth with behavioral health challenges who would benefit from a primary case manager to coordinate services and address the families' unique barriers to successfully connecting to needed services, including mental health and substance use services. The program focuses specifically on immigrant youth and children of immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries who may face the additional barriers of language, literacy, immigration status, limited technology access or competency, low cultural navigation, and/or needs in multiple domains.

Benefits and Compensation: We want you to be well, have work/life flexibility, grow your career with us, and have the resources and support you need. Check out our comprehensive benefit offerings here in support of various dimensions of your wellbeing. 

This position has a starting salary of high 50s.

In this role, you will: 

• Conduct intake for all referred clients.
• Development of the Individualized Family Service Plan.
• Provide case management services to assigned case load, in accordance with Service Delivery Model, including assessment, goal plan development, and referral.
• Assisting individuals and their families with access to services and supports.
• Provide life skills education and intervention in accordance with clients’ goal plan and resource needs.
• Support clients in recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use issues and provide guidance on seeking appropriate care.
• Provide psychoeducation on mental health and substance use in accordance with clients’ goal plan and resource needs.
• Liaison between the family and service providers.
• Participate actively in team meetings and collaborative service delivery models with other team members to effectively address community, family, and individual needs.
• Initiate and maintain collaborative contact with other agencies working with the youth and their family, including the referral source, and appropriate school personnel in order to effectively coordinate service delivery and monitor clients’ progress towards goals.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with other community services providing services for youth and families.
• Participate in regular individual and group supervisions as directed by supervisor.
• Assure confidentiality policies and procedures are followed to protect the rights of clients, that reports to authorities occur in the mandated time frames and that critical incident reviews related to these procedures are completed and filed.
• Maintain client files in accordance with program/licensing requirements and NVFS standards.
• Prepare statistical and narrative reports as required.

Your Background: We understand that you may obtain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. 

• Prefer one of the following:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, or Criminal Justice from an accredited college or university; OR
  • Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy or equivalent field from an accredited college or university (preferred)
• Must have at least two (2) years of related direct service experience providing:
  • individual and/or group services to youth and families,
  • case management or mental health, and
  • working with youth with behavioral health care
• Oral and written fluency in English; Spanish language fluency required.
• Experience providing services to immigrants, recently reunified families, and adolescents.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of mental health and substance abuse.
• Digital and technical proficiency including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Additional Requirements: 

• Successful completion of background checks upon hire 
• Must have reliable transportation to visit client homes and other designated community locations
• May be called upon to work beyond normal working
• Work is done primarily in community-based settings (client homes, community centers, schools, and local offices) with some in- office and remote work.