Child and Family Counselor

Job Description:

This position requires someone outgoing and friendly who can interact with a wide range of people. This person must be caring and sympathetic, with a genuine interest in others. They will be able to put other people's interest before their own.

The work requires patience, stability, and consistency, with plenty of social interaction for long periods of time. As a result, it may also require working in one space, or with one group of people, for most of the day.

The work is relatively unstructured, with freedom from rigid rules and boundaries. Someone in this role must be informal, influential, and warm in how they communicate. Their work environment will be relatively free from competitive pressures.

Although the requirements of the position are relatively unstructured, they suit a person who responds positively to the security of stability and familiarity. The role would benefit from someone whose approach to work is steady, methodical, and thoughtful, especially when under pressure. Team interaction and involvement is especially important, and there's a strong requirement for collaboration and building rapport with others.

JOB SUMMARY:

Provides the following range of services for mental health treatment: diagnostic assessment; individual, family and group counseling/psychotherapy; crisis intervention; case management.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate unwavering compassion and empathy toward clients facing various challenges, such as mental health issues, trauma, or life transitions.
• Foster a safe, empathetic, respectful, culturally sensitive and non-judgmental environment where clients feel heard, valued, and supported in their journey toward improved well-being.
• Collaborate with clients to set achievable goals and empower them to overcome obstacles.
• Advocate for clients' rights and access to essential resources within the community.
• Promote trauma-informed care utilizing the core values of Unity with both clients and personnel
• Continuously expand your knowledge and skills through ongoing professional development to stay at the forefront of best practices.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic care and integrated services for clients.
• Provide Clinical Services (These services may vary by location such as in the client’s home, within the community, at the client’s school, etc. This will be determined in collaboration with your supervisor and the client/family)

• Utilize your expertise in mental health and social work to assess, diagnose, and develop comprehensive client centered and individualized treatment plans tailored to each client's unique needs.
• Conduct crisis assessments, behavior risk assessments, safety plans, and crisis intervention as applicable ensuring the safety and well-being of clients at all times
• Provide individual, family, and group counseling services
• Assess child and family functioning, environmental risk factors, and client, family and environmental strengths as exhibited by appropriate goals delineated in the treatment plan
• Understand and apply evidence-based principles of psychotherapy, behavior, and change to assist client in problem solving and facilitate change and growth
• Documentation/Caseload Management

• Maintain up to date client records, including client centered treatment plans & diagnostic assessments
• Complete progress notes through concurrent documentation
• Manage assigned caseload
• Maintain units of service as determined by agency standards
• Supervision

• Attend scheduled supervision meetings
• Respond to supervisor directives and present cases for discussion
• Utilize supervision when crises or issues arise
• Comply with rules of supervision
• Conduct oneself in a professional manner

• Demonstrating respect for other professionals and disciplines
• In appearance and demeanor
• Promoting agency mission, core commitments and cultural commitments
• Express self in an articulate, organized, and grammatically correct fashion in both oral and written communications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field.
• Active Licensure as a Counselor or Social Worker in Ohio
• Experience with children/adolescents and families with an understanding and willingness to work with multi-problem, crisis oriented, and often economically disadvantaged families
• Strong dedication to ethical practice and client confidentiality.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Satisfactory criminal records check
• Physical Demands:

o The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by personnel to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Such as:

§ Walking, sitting, occasionally lifting/moving up to 10 pounds

§ Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

o Ability to utilize computer programs such as: Microsoft programs such as Teams, Word, Excel, PPT, etc

• Flexibility in working hours to best meet the needs of clients served (i.e. having evening and/or weekend availability)
• Willingness and dedication to upholding Unity’s Cultural Commitments: Open Communication, Social Responsibility, Safety & Security, Integrity, Growth & Change