Treatment Counselor (Children's Services)

Job Description

Job Overview

This job will be responsible for performing duties related to the intake, evaluation, diagnosis, counseling, treatment, and case management of troubled children and their families which includes the clinical review and supervision of client files.


Salary

Minimum: $56,451.20- $73,386.56/yearly

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Tier 1
Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Participates in the development and implementation of various treatment and educational plans.
• Interviews, evaluates, and counsels children, adolescents, and family members.
• Administers and interprets various diagnostic and assessment tests.
• Evaluates various treatment programs and makes recommendations concerning appropriate revisions and adjustments.
• Maintains, reviews and supervises the maintenance of client history files
• Prepares reports on psychological examinations for staff dissemination.
• Provides case management services including case management of at-risk children and children with disabilities.
• Participates in various in-service training programs.
• May supervise and train subordinate professional personnel.

Job Specifications

• Knowledge of counseling methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and local regulations concerning treatment and educational programs.
• Knowledge of human behavior, child development, social problems, family dynamics and community resources.
• Knowledge of child management techniques.
• Knowledge of professional ethics related to the counseling profession.
• Skill in the application of interviewing techniques.
• Ability to use a computer and related software.
• Ability to identify and determine individual treatment needs.
• Ability to clinically review and supervise the maintenance of client files.
• Ability to administer and interpret test results.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to plan, organize and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to interpret laws, regulations and policies.

Physical Requirements

• Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds).
• Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• May require occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavier objects.

Work Category

• Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree with a major in Social or Behavioral Science; AND
• Three years of professional level experience in childcare service, guidance and rehabilitative counseling or clinical social work.

OR

• An equivalent combination of education (not less than a high school diploma/GED), training, and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee's department, the County's Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster.

Additional Job Requirements

A department, depending on the nature of its mission and operations, may require that employees in all or certain positions in this job classification:

1. Maintain the ability to pass the background checks required for the position. These background checks may include but are not limited to:
   1. Criminal History Background Check using Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
   2. Level 1 and Level 2 Background screening (Ch. 435 Florida Statutes)
   3. Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check using the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
   4. Sex Offender and Sexual Predator record check using the list maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
2. Possess the necessary job related license(s) or certification(s) that may include possession of a Florida Driver License (Class E) or an applicable Commercial Driver License (CDL)

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Career Progression

Employees in this classification that acquire the competencies and minimum qualifications for the next tier will be able to apply for promotional opportunities through a competitive selection process. Employees will not automatically be upgraded to the next tier. Reclassifying a position is based on business need and financial impact and is not based solely on the job competencies or qualifications of the incumbent.