Behavioral Counselor Day and Evening

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive Compensation
• Great Work Environment
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Job Summary

The Behavioral Coach provides 24-hour support and counseling services to adolescent girls with psychiatric, substance abuse, and mental health issues. Behavioral Coaches advocate for and respond to clients’ treatment and rehabilitation needs. All agency services are provided from the philosophy of social rehabilitation, which integrates teaching daily living skills in a safe and healthy environment.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

Duties may include:

1. Provides life skills counseling and program supervision for adult offenders in a residential correctional setting; provides individual and group counseling and maintains written reports on progress.
2. Conducts needs assessments of residents, formulates program and post-release plans, and works 
3. Conducts intake interviews and orients incoming residents to the program, informing them about rules, policies, operations, and the disciplinary process.
4. Assists in creating a positive and supportive work environment; enforces a safe workplace; establishes a culture of teamwork and communication; creates a workplace that promotes the organizational values of workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion; and actively promotes an environment respectful of living and working in a multicultural society.
5. Provides crisis counseling to residents and refers residents to available community resources, as needed.
6. Maintains complete caseload files, including interviews, assessments, services, and probation progress, and prepares case records by state and county regulations.
7. Conduct classification assessments; supervise residents with classifications from high to low-risk factors; and coordinate all outside activities of residents to ensure compliance with court conditions and program restrictions.
8. Provides administrative and supervising functions in the supervisor's absence; i.e., determines a resident's eligibility for the facility, assesses escape status, determines if a return to jail is appropriate, and ensures that due process is followed.
9. Assists indigent residents with accessing financial resources for release planning and monitors residents' payment of financial obligations.
10. Write reports on program compliance of individual residents, including administrative disciplinary reports, reports to court, reports substantiating probation violation allegations, and residents' performance summaries.
11. Maintains control and discipline within the residential house; supervises residents regarding house and community activities, home visits, and employment-related matters.
12. Attends periodic staff meetings, professional association conferences, and training programs and speaks at schools and civic organizations.
13. Searches residents and facility and collects and maintains urine samples for evidence.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
.Responsible for physically responding to client needs during a crisis. Must be able to restrain a client if required physically 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BA/BS degree preferred but not required. At least one year of experience working with adults who have mental health or substance abuse problems. Must be able to attend monthly staff meetings

This Behavioral Coach position will support our clients at our First Step Girls Group home, a 7-bed licensed residential group home program with a day treatment component focusing on young adults who have been diagnosed with mental health disorders.