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Education: Required – Master’s level student in counseling, or social work program.

Work Experience: Required – At least 1 year of experience working with clients directly.

Licenses: None

Essential Functions:

2 years of experience working with individuals and families.
Assess clients’ needs and aids with emotional support and advocacy.
Link clients to available resources and provides case management support.
Conduct initial intakes and develops and maintains service plan.
Aids with public assistance benefits, educational needs, victim’s crime compensation, housing and food.
Provides peer support groups and co-facilitates counseling with clinician.
Assists with psychoeducational groups focused on emotional support, anger management, healthy relationships, self-care, stress management, risky behaviors and others.
Able to connect with youth, adolescents, and families at-risk.
Compiles and analyzes intakes and referral information to assess client needs.
Offers individual and group support as appropriate.
Teaches peer support skills in conflict resolution, anger management, parenting, etc., as needed.
Develops, monitors and reviews with the individual, an action plan designed to increase strengths, address needs and reduce conflict in the home.
Completes all files and program documentation to include data entry, accurately and on time.
Helps individuals to locate community resources to meet additional needs.
Prepares presentations, trainings and facilitate groups that address topics related to child abuse prevention for community agencies, schools, parents and youth.
Participates in resource fairs in the community as assigned.

Other Responsibilities:

Works within agency’s business hours.
Identifies and maintains professional relationships with clients and community partners.
Attends and participates in staff meetings, in-service trainings and case consultations.
Reports any suspected abuse or neglect to the Lead Clinician and appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours.
Performs Crisis intervention techniques to promote client safety.
Completes all necessary documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
Maintains accurate records regarding delivery of services, crisis, safety planning, etc.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Must pass criminal and driving background check.
Students are expected to be enrolled in a graduate level internship/practicum course throughout the duration of their internship experience(s).
Student will maintain liability insurance throughout their internship/practicum experience(s).

Credentials, Skills and Abilities:

Maintain current licenses and certificates required for the position including but not limited to:
First Aid
CPR
Other ________________________________________

Pass a pre-employment drug screen, random drug screens and always maintain emotional control and professional composure. Pass a pre-employment and biennial criminal background and motor vehicle check (fingerprints needed if applicant has lived out of state within the past 5 years). Demonstrate the ability to:

Respond sensitively and competently to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English and Spanish.
Work in a fast-paced environment.
Maintain computer literacy required to meet the responsibilities of the position.
Work effectively and without intensive supervision both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Travel as needed.
Manage time effectively and efficiently.
Bilingual preferred (Spanish).

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Here at BCFS Health and Human Services, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Please feel free to apply for this position even if your work experience and education do not align perfectly with every requirement for this job description. You may very well be the perfect candidate for this role or other ones that we have open. Thank you for your interest in joining our mission!

BCFS Health and Human Services is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive an annual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption as a medical or religious accommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible for providing proof.

BCFS Health and Human Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of BCFS Health and Human Services, not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.

If you like to work with people that believe they can make a difference in the world, this is the company for you!

EEO Statement

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all employees equally regardless of age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

BCFS Health and Human Services, established in 1944, is a non-profit organization with locations and nationally doing noble work across Texas and the United States, specializing in community-based care for at-risk families and children (abused and/or neglected & domestic violence), prevention & early intervention services, housing for young adults aging out of the foster care system, mental health & life skill services, advocacy and case management coordination for survivors of human trafficking, medical programs for women who are pregnant or post-partum, and serving families who have a child with a disability or special needs by providing them with an opportunity to visit the world’s first theme park designed with individuals with special needs in mind.

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