Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor/Therapist (Supervisor License)

About us

The vision of STAR Girlz is to equip our young ladies for society, future education endeavors, and personal change.

Our Mission is to Mentor, Empower, and ultimately Transform the lives of female youth and young adult women through providing mental health services, personal development classes, transitional housing, entrepreneurship training, and educational exposure to create jobs and promote healthier lifestyle choices.

Why envision having a career with STAR Girlz? Why work here?

We are rewarding, collaborative, engaging and our goal is to be a guiding light for girls and young adult women when they face challenging times: transitioning from victim to recovery, surviving traumatic experiences, and much more. Our programs and services are open to young ladies ages 10-25, and each STAR has access to a variety of Mentoring, Empowering, and Transformational experiences to remind them that they are STARZ, and it's time to S.H.I.N.E (Self-Esteem. Healing. Inspire. Navigate. Elevate)! In addition, we are mission-driven with a foundation built by vision, supported by values, and pillared by belief.

• Achieve equilibrium: Being able to balance body, mind, and the essence of what life gives, which includes a variety of effects. We are always continuing to grow and improve this area.
• Be part of making an impact beyond limits of ordinary: You are impacting our community and empowering girls and women for years beyond our own existence.
• Expand knowledge, experience and skills: As we grow, you grow with us; we support continued trainings, opportunities for promotion, performance evaluation, and recognition.

New aspirations and work adventures:

We are looking for a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor/ Therapist like you who can help contour our vision and support our Mission and Values. The ideal candidate for this position will be willing to build the counseling program from scratch. Here is what some of your responsibilities will look like:

• Collaborates with Empowerment Program and Case Management Team to ensure the integration of Gender Responsive, Strength Based and Trauma Informed Programming and STAR Girlz Values and Guiding Principles.
• Ensure quality programming that increases girls’ resiliency and protective factors by improving relationships, increasing self-efficacy, and encouraging self-advocacy
• Responsible for recruitment and retention of girls, as well as maintaining census of the program
• Provide oversight to counselors in the provision of counseling and wrap-around care (case) management services to girls using guidance, support, collaboration, skill acquisition, and psychoeducational services; maintain a care (case) load when needed
• Assess the psycho-social needs of girls through holistic assessment and educate team members regarding appropriate services, possible referrals, and decision-making regarding program enrollment
• Ensure fidelity to evidenced-based program model
• Support the use of the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Relational-Cultural Theory, considering any history of trauma and leveraging girls’ strengths
• Ensure the provision of psycho-educational groups that are girl-centered, focusing on social-emotional and life skill development
• Provide oversight to counselors regarding family support/counseling with caregivers to encourage girl progression in the change process and to work with natural supports; participate in parent conferences as needed
• Provide crisis intervention as warranted, including family support, peer mediation, and the coordination of risk assessments, to ensure safety of the girls and the center
• Review and approve documentation, including needs assessments, screening tools, progress notes, empowerment care plans, and transition plans
• Assist with wrap-around care (case) management services as needed, including transportation services, field trips and other extracurricular activities, collaborate with outside entities and community providers involved in girls’ care, make referrals as appropriate, and advocate for needed resources
• Ensure that team members utilize strength-based behavior modification including, de-escalation of girls and caregivers when needed

Leadership

• Hire, on-board, supervise, and evaluate social service team members under the core competencies and values
• Direct and supervise the social services team, including intake and transitional services, using a gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and strength-based framework
• Collaborate with other team members in the center to ensure cohesion to meet the needs of girls
• Facilitate meetings regarding girls’ care and provide education to the care planning team using a multidisciplinary framework
• Ensure compliance regarding documentation of efforts, the collection of data and programmatic outcomes, and prepare reports as needed to ensure contractual and grant obligation
• Monitor compliance with regulatory and contractual standards
• Oversee quality substance abuse prevention services by monitoring the standards of the Colorado Codes of Regulations
• Ensure that all disclosures of abuse and neglect are reported timely and accurately
• Follow the State and Stakeholder (funders) guidelines in determining what and when to report incidents
• Follow through and implement strategies decided upon in management meetings
•  Monitor social service training requirements and ensure certifications are current
• Oversee the training and supervision of interns and volunteers and ensure that performance meets the needs of girls served
• Monitor the outside service providers and ensure collaborative services
• Develop effective relationships with internal and external patrons
• Attend community meetings as needed to establish community relationships and support recruitment and retention efforts
• Additional Responsibilities as required.

What you will bring:

Education: Master’s degree with a major in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, Counseling, or a related human Service field.

Experience, knowledge skills, and ability:

• Ability to provide family counseling.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention and ability to respond to trauma in both children and adults.
• Knowledge of early childhood mental health, including typical child development and parallel process.
• Familiarity with community resources available to children and families.
• Ability to maintain firm boundaries and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage professional relationships.
• Ability to express ideas effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions.

Required:

• Knowledge of case management and community behavioral health practices.
• Understand culturally relevant needs of diverse populations.
• Youth development knowledge.
• Experience using personal computers and basic office equipment.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of laws relating to youth and families.
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Competencies in Trauma-Informed Care

Licenses/Certifications:

Required

• Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist or Clinical Social Worker to oversee Therapists and Counselors.

• Must be registered with DORA (Department of Regulatory Agency).

Preferred

• Minimum of three to five years experience in an Educational or Social Services environment
• Minimum of one to two years experience in a supervisory role.
• A valid driver's license and proof of current auto insurance will be required for any position requiring driving.

Synergistically we will be: Uplifting and Supportive of each other and the company's vision to reach our goals individually and together as an organization.

Salary : $35,000 - $41,000