Job Description

What you will do? As the Youth Counselor you will be responsible for providing direct care coverage by meeting program & client needs. This includes but is not limited to ensuring safety & supervision, skill building, processing & support of clients, behavioral management and communications within the team & supervisors. Specific responsibilities include:

• Provide consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior, using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
• Utilize a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escalate.
• Strategically utilize identified behavior management techniques and other de-escalation training to assist clients in developing appropriate behaviors.
• Assist clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self-identify and self correct.
• Understand the impact of client\xe2\x80\x99s behaviors on their own actions/reactions in the workplace and utilizes team feedback to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
• Know the population and is aware of individualized treatment plan.
• Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
• Evaluate the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life-space interventions and provides direction/feedback.
• Assure consistent, ongoing, and timely provision for basic client needs.
• Safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources monitoring behaviors and following agency transportation protocols.
• Effectively participate in team to review case progress and provide best programming.
• Follows medication management guidelines.
• Maintain positive role modeling and performing, as an agent of change for the youth.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of Behavior Health Intervention Services (BHIS) and
• Complete documentation of services in a timely manner \xe2\x80\x93 including daily case notes, behavior management, visual checks, etc.

What you need: You will need to be at least 21 years of age and possess a High School Diploma or GED to qualify. A Bachelor\'s Degree in a Human Services related field of study is preferred. Additional requirements include:

• Desire to help kids succeed
• Prior experience working with children in a school or mental health setting preferred
• Strong communication and problem solving abilities
• Basic computer skills in a MS Office environment