What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counselor position at ACH Child & Family Services?
Description:
Position Function:
Respond to service requests within 24 hours with crisis intervention to stabilize circumstances of family conflict, school attendance issues and incidents of running away. Provide in-home or in-community assessment and family preservation services, including counseling, limited case management and some skills-based interventions. Prepare and submit all required documentation and reports in a timely manner. The job requires sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Requirements:
Education: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related field required. Licensed as one of the following: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor or Associate (LPC or LPC-Associate), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Associate (LMFT) or Licensed Psychological Associate or Psychologist. Bilingual preferred in Spanish, Arabic or Vietnamese.
Experience: A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment, and individual and family counseling is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational Interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training (“TBRI®”), Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.
Functional Requirements:
Provide stabilizing, short-term crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, evidence-based parenting skills groups and evidence-based program group facilitation to youth and their families in designated counties. Promote the agency and RHRL Program and advocate for the family in professional collaborations throughout the community. Provide successful outcomes within the prescribed time periods for treatment. Provide community intervention and counseling/case management to youth and their families in designated counties. Serve as a professional contact in the community. Follow policies and procedures of ACH and represent the agency in a positive and professional manner.
Working Conditions:
Exposure to children with behavior problems, including possible physical aggression. Exposure to illness and blood. Risks inherent in traveling into unfamiliar neighborhoods to provide class instruction or services in family homes, schools, and other designated locations.
Exposure To Confidential Information:
Maintain confidentiality and follow policies related to personnel and client records.
Key Expectations/Responsibilities:
Service Delivery:
Requirements:
Education: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related field required. Licensed as one of the following: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor or Associate (LPC or LPC-Associate), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Associate (LMFT) or Licensed Psychological Associate or Psychologist. Bilingual preferred in Spanish, Arabic or Vietnamese.
Experience: A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment, and individual and family counseling is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational Interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training (“TBRI®”), Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.
Position Function:
Respond to service requests within 24 hours with crisis intervention to stabilize circumstances of family conflict, school attendance issues and incidents of running away. Provide in-home or in-community assessment and family preservation services, including counseling, limited case management and some skills-based interventions. Prepare and submit all required documentation and reports in a timely manner. The job requires sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Requirements:
Education: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related field required. Licensed as one of the following: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor or Associate (LPC or LPC-Associate), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Associate (LMFT) or Licensed Psychological Associate or Psychologist. Bilingual preferred in Spanish, Arabic or Vietnamese.
Experience: A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment, and individual and family counseling is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational Interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training (“TBRI®”), Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.
Functional Requirements:
Provide stabilizing, short-term crisis intervention, individual and family counseling, evidence-based parenting skills groups and evidence-based program group facilitation to youth and their families in designated counties. Promote the agency and RHRL Program and advocate for the family in professional collaborations throughout the community. Provide successful outcomes within the prescribed time periods for treatment. Provide community intervention and counseling/case management to youth and their families in designated counties. Serve as a professional contact in the community. Follow policies and procedures of ACH and represent the agency in a positive and professional manner.
Working Conditions:
Exposure to children with behavior problems, including possible physical aggression. Exposure to illness and blood. Risks inherent in traveling into unfamiliar neighborhoods to provide class instruction or services in family homes, schools, and other designated locations.
Exposure To Confidential Information:
Maintain confidentiality and follow policies related to personnel and client records.
Key Expectations/Responsibilities:
Service Delivery:
- Follow RHRL and agency intake procedure.
- Utilize Motivational Interviewing, TBRI®, Seeking Safety, Brief Strategic Family Therapy® approach and facilitate skills-based groups.
- Provide any and all of the following RHRL programming:
- Initial intake sessions
- Family counseling and/or sessions
- Individual counseling and/or sessions
- Caregiver skills training group
- Youth skills training group
- FAYS Express
- Service Planning and Service Coordination
- Basic Needs Support
- Provide coordination for emergency shelter care services for current clients as needed
- Provide expedient collaborative crisis intervention as assigned throughout contract service area:
- Provide crisis counseling and mediation with individuals and families.
- Counselors work in collaboration with Family Support Specialists, the Skills Training Coordinator, Resource Navigators, Kinship Navigators, Safe Place® Coordinator, AIRS Department, ACH Youth Emergency Shelter, sheriff, police, emergency medical services, Child Protective Services, and other protective and regulatory agencies as needed to assist youth and families in crisis.
- Comply with the required number of weekly scheduled sessions and fulfill billing requirements.
- Case management as needed
- Maintain cultural competence and attend trainings to be equipped to work with a culturally diverse population.
- Offer services after normal business hours, on holidays, and during assigned o-call rotation.
- Participate in on-call rotation for Safe Place® responding to calls within established time frames.
- Maintain necessary documentation and files to fulfill RHRL and agency requirements.
- Teach and facilitate curriculum-based individual and/or group sessions in accordance with established evidence-based program curriculums provided by the agency and as assigned at sites throughout the contract service area.
- Undertake and complete other tasks as assigned.
- Increase the utilization of RHRL services through the promotion of the program throughout the community.
- Build and maintain a positive collaborative relationship with local youth service, criminal justice, educational and social service agencies.
- Give presentations to schools and organizations as needed.
- Attend all trainings and participate in all supervision activities deemed appropriate to meet requirements of RHRL.
- Fulfill annual CEU training requirements to keep clinical licensure current.
- Maintain up-to-date client records.
- Adhere to all agency and contractual requirements for case notes, Action Plans, pre- and post-surveys, consumer satisfaction surveys and all other documentation as indicated by the program or as directed.
- Accurately complete documentation and satisfy billing requirements in a timely manner.
Requirements:
Education: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling or related field required. Licensed as one of the following: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor or Associate (LPC or LPC-Associate), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Associate (LMFT) or Licensed Psychological Associate or Psychologist. Bilingual preferred in Spanish, Arabic or Vietnamese.
Experience: A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment, and individual and family counseling is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational Interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training (“TBRI®”), Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.
