Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor 2 (JRC2) - Aberdeen

Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor 2 (JRC2)

Our vision is to ensure that "All Washington's children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community".

Location:

Aberdeen - Fulltime position

Closes:
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Salary: $ 61,332 - $ 80,496 Yearly. The salary does not include an additional 5% premium pay for employees working in an on-site 24/7 facility.

The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is looking for a Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor 2 to join our team at Harbor Heights, a maximum-security Juvenile Rehabilitation residential facility, to provide comprehensive services to juvenile residents, to help disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Our objective is to maintain a secure, therapeutic environment that provides youth and young adults with the information, skills, and motivation to succeed outside the Institution living productive lives in the community.

The Opportunity:

You will provide comprehensive case management, transition planning and counseling, and treatment referral services for an assigned caseload of youth and young adults committed to Rehabilitation Administration care by the courts. You will provide developmentally appropriate, trauma informed, racial equity-based and culturally relevant comprehensive case management, for an assigned caseload and their families within the context of Juvenile Rehabilitation's (JR) integrated Treatment Model.

Some of what you'll do:

• Provide case management to a caseload of youth, completing tasks outlined in the environmental adherence standards to include case management (using and applying Integrated Treatment Model strategies and principles), individual counseling, family contacts, and facilitating and co-facilitating groups.
• Fulfill reporting and documentation requirements identified in JR policies and related statutes and rules.
• Promote youth readiness for reentry into the community by teaching and reinforcing the use and generalization of skills, allowing, and supporting opportunities for growth (i.e. cultural groups, college courses, work experience), and identifying reentry opportunities, such as community facilities.
• Understand and implement JR Strategic Objectives by adhering to goals and supporting other areas, such as the Health Center, Reentry/Transition Program, Academic and Vocational Schools, and the Work Experience Program.
• Conduct routine and random security duties including perimeter, grounds, building checks, headcounts. Suicide Precaution Level (SPL) checks, key control and room searches for cleanliness and contraband. Conduct pat/frisk and strip search youth in accordance with policy and assist in urinalysis processing.
• Escort/supervise youth during facility movements and appointments. Supervise youth during meals in the central dining hall and serve meals and snacks to youth in the living unit. Supervise and assign chores within a living unit to meet health and hygiene standards. Organize and supervise group recreational activities within the unit, outdoors and at the Recreational Center.
• Recognize and assess problem situations and respond to emergent situations such as youth fights, attempted suicides, and dis-regulated youth using JR approved verbal de-escalation and/or physical control techniques and restraints as necessary to restore order.
• Perform basic data entry and retrieval functions using an electronic management information system, and complete required case management reports and tasks accurately and timely, in accordance with JR policy.

Required qualifications:

An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, totaling five years. OR One year as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor Assistant (JRCA) or Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor 1 (JRC1). OR A Bachelor's degree, AND one year of professional experience in casework, counseling, probation and parole, social services, planning, directing, and/or facilitation youth group activities or experience in a related field AND The ability to take action to learn and grow.

The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:
Previously demonstrated experience or understanding of:
Treatment and intervention principles and practices. Ability to relate to clients from diverse backgrounds and cultural groups. Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences related to juvenile delinquency. Adolescent development and juvenile rehabilitation practices and principles. Providing cognitive/behavior therapeutic interventions. Basic juvenile correctional system, rehabilitation objectives in juvenile institutions, basic interviewing and counseling theories and techniques, basic concepts, fundamentals and principles of individual and group behaviors, introductory psychology of deviant behavior and crisis intervention methods and techniques.

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