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Fred Finch Youth & Family Services has been offering hope and healing since 1891. We support communities and families directly affected with mental illness, behavioral challenges and autism. Our team members are dedicated to helping those who need guidance and support with empathy using compiled experience gained from three centuries of healing. Be part of an organization with proven track record of helping and healing others. We currently have an opportunity for a Residential Youth Counselor.

$1k Sign on Incentive (pro-rated for part time and on-call)

Help Change a Child’s Life Trajectory
The Residential Youth Counselor is responsible for day-to-day care and counseling of at-risk teens with special needs in a residential treatment program. The Residential Youth Counselor provides high quality care and ensures the safety of residents, staff, and site in accordance with policy, helping to implement the treatment/behavior plans for each resident in collaboration with an experienced multidisciplinary team. The Residential Youth Counselor also dispenses medications when needed, helps residents to tend to their health and wellness, and may help residents to manage their schedule or attend outside appointments or activities. Participants have complex needs, and the Residential Youth Counselor builds relationships with them and their families in a supportive environment that utilizes a strengths-based, culturally responsive, trauma-informed approach and values compassion, respect, diversity, and accountability.

Shifts
Full-time

Salary Range

In accordance with California law, the expected salary range for this California position is between $22.00 and $28.71 hourly. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

What You Will Do
The Residential Youth Counselor is responsible for day-to-day care and counseling of at-risk teens with special needs in a residential treatment program. The Residential Youth Counselor provides high quality care and ensures the safety of residents, staff, and site in accordance with policy, helping to implement the treatment/behavior plans for each resident in collaboration with an experienced multidisciplinary team. The Residential Youth Counselor also dispenses medications when needed, helps residents to tend to their health and wellness, and may help residents to manage their schedule or attend outside appointments or activities. Participants have complex needs, and the Residential Youth Counselor builds relationships with them and their families in a supportive environment that utilizes a strengths-based, culturally responsive, trauma-informed approach and values compassion, respect, diversity, and accountability.

What's In It for You, You Ask?

• A growth-oriented work environment with supportive team members
• Paid Time Off: For Full Time Employee it is 21 days in your first year
• Nine Paid Holidays
• Free CEUs, free Supervision for BBS Associate License, coaching, and mentorship
• Tuition Assistance and Company Scholarships (up to $10k)
• Student Loan Forgiveness Qualification
• Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance, 401K

What You Bring to The Table (requirements):

• B.A. Arts/ Science Degree (preferred) or
• High School Diploma/GED and one of the following:
• Valid Child Development Teaching Permit or
• Completed 12 semester units of Early Childhood Education, Adolescent Development, or Foster and Kinship Education and have at least 100 hours of experience work with youth or
• Valid certificate as an Alcohol Counselor, Drug Counselor or Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and have at least 100 hours of experience working with youth or Valid Vocational Training Certificate, credential or documentation demonstrating that the individual is a trade journeyperson who instructs children in vocational skills and have at least 100 hours of experience working with youth or
• Previous employment as a staff or volunteer for a minimum of one (1) year at a group home or short-term residential therapeutic or
• Previous relevant experience as determined by CA’s Department of Social Services to meet any of the above requirements. Please see http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/entres/pdf/CCR/STRTP_ILS.pdf for more information.

Preferred

• Four (4) years of work experience.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience with program target population (Example: intellectually disabled, homeless, teens or young adults, emotionally disturbed).
• A minimum of one (1) year experience with program modality (example: school-based, residential, mobile/community-based, assertive community treatment, wraparound, etc.

Join Our Compassionate Team

Be part of a dynamic, dedicated team serving youth that have developmental disabilities that are struggling with trauma and other related behavioral health needs. Our unique program provides a safe, stable, and highly structured environment supported by a multidisciplinary team of professionals. Youth receive on-going evaluation. individual, group, family and milieu therapy is a part of their residential treatment experience. The goal of the program is to maximize each youth’s level of functioning to enable them to enable them to live in a less restrictive environment in their communities.

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