Counselor (Full or Part Time)

Hourly
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Under direction and within the scope of sectional policies, procedures and guidelines established by state statues, federal regulations, and other entities, provides intake services to juveniles referred to the Tulsa County Juvenile Bureau by performing the following duties.
Perform moderately complex social service work by individually screening and assessing juveniles during the period immediately following their referral to the Intake Department.

• Make recommendations to authorities regarding release or further legal action.
• Assist in arranging psychiatric and or mental health services.
• Oversee the preparation of legal and social files when official court action is required or oversee the preparation of social files when legal action is not warranted.
• Notify juvenile's parents or guardian immediately if the juvenile is placed in Detention.
• Participate in specialized docket and or planning and programming conversations in collaboration with both internal and external community partners.
• Participate in special projects including but not limited to the collection of data, the creation of documents and presentation of said materials to agency leadership or community collaborators.
• Participate in training new hires to include evaluation of progress and preparedness for the assignment of a caseload in both written and verbal form throughout the training process.
• May be called upon, in instances of current employees displaying the need for specific training, to provide said training under the direction of the Intake Coordinator assigned to the employee in question.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
in counseling an individual concerning personal and family problems; and in eliciting personal information.
of departmental policies and procedures; and of Title 10A, Oklahoma State Statues, and other laws and regulations relevant to the field of Juvenile Justice.
to express both orally and in writing facts and opinions clearly and concisely; Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a degree in sociology or a closely related field, and over one year satisfactory full-time paid employment in social work, juvenile work or a related field. Other requirements are delineated in the Family Center for Juvenile Justice Level System Policy.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Internet software and Word Processing software.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.