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Location: Cape May Courthouse, NJ
Job Type/Status: Full-Time
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides direct counseling services.
- May perform specialized activities and functions specific to program.
- Completes documentation and other reporting requirements.
- Meets regularly with supervisor, and participates in other continuing professional development opportunities.
- Contributes on agency committees and special tasks, and promotes a sense of agency with coworkers and staff, and communicates in ways that support agency mission and values.
- Coordinates and provides individual and group living skills assessment and training for all STLP and shelter residents.
- Monitors and performs individualized life skills instruction, including ensuring the completion of an individualized life skills plan for each resident.
- Designs a treatment plan for each youth assigned to caseload at the onset of the youth's shelter or TLP placement and updates the plan on a weekly basis.
- Performs direct counseling and treatment services for assigned caseload of residents including individual, group, parent, and family counseling.
- Develops and implements a rotating schedule of group instruction in the field of living skills for shelter residents. This includes a rotating plan for educational groups, the development of age-appropriate lesson plans describing instructional topics, training goals and materials needed, as well as evaluation tools to determine project success in both level of service and outcome objectives.
- Oversees and provides feedback to all treatment plans.
- Performs case management for youth assigned to caseload and assists in other advocacy for sheltered youth as needed.
- Performs other crisis intervention, counseling, youth supervision and other related activities as necessary to meet 24-hour operational activities of the STLP and shelter program.
- Does progress notes, collects statistics and completes written reports as required.
- Meets with the designated program supervisor and clinical supervisor regularly for time structuring and case planning.
- Attends training as needed or required to improve and maintain clinical and crisis intervention skills.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree in a human services field, preferred. Experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
Two years' experience counseling high-risk youth and families, and one-year experience in providing group counseling services.
At the Center for Family Services, our employees are our greatest resource, and we are committed to investing in our staff. We offer a competitive benefits package as well as ongoing resources that will support staff on their personal and professional journey.
- Excellent paid time off (PTO) program, including vacation, sick, personal, and holiday.
- 401k Plan.
- Medical insurance plan options.
- Prescription Insurance.
- Life Insurance.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Health & Wellness Activities.
- Ongoing Training & Professional Development Opportunities.
- Opportunity for advancement.
About Employment at Center For Family Services
Apply and get hired at Center For Family Services, a leader in the non-profit sector and named as a top workplace in the region since 2010. As part of our team, you will be recognized as our most valuable resource. Our staff balance best practices with personalized care. Together, our team makes a positive difference in the lives of people in need. If you're interested in a rewarding career, Center For Family Services is a great place to grow as a professional. For more information about our top workplace, please visit the Center For Family Services website at www.centerffs.org.
Disclaimer: Many positions require motor vehicle record evaluations and medical clearances. Center For Family Services is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive salaries and excellent benefits packages.
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