Community Counselor, CFTSS - HYBRID

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Full Time CFTSS/HCBS, Albany, NY, US

Salary Range: $25.50 To $28.56 Hourly

COMMUNITY COUNSELOR - CFTSS (HYBRID)

Full Title :

Community Counselor, CFTSS

Location :

Albany, NY

Program : CFTSS

Type :
Full-time;

Non-Exempt(hourly)

Pay Range : $25.50 - $28.56

Schedule :
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm or 10am-6pm with flexibility as needed

Notes :
Hybrid (office/remote) position ;
Local Travel: a Clean Valid NYS Driver’s License and reliable vehicle required.

Job . # : 0408

About St. Catherine’s Center for Children

St. Catherine’s Center for Children is a non-profit organization located in the Greater Capital Region of New York. We offer a wide array of human services designed to meet the needs of vulnerable children, families and adults, including residential and therapeutic foster care programs for children and youth, Kinship support, homeless and community-based services for adults and families, a special education elementary school for ages 5-13, and so much more.

St. Catherine’s is committed to cultivating a culture where all employees feel safe to bring their authentic and best selves to the workplace. We are invested in fostering an equitable, inclusive and diversified workplace; collaboratively embracing mindfulness, relevance, respect and solidarity.

• Our Mission:St. Catherine's Center for Children provides a comprehensive range of human services designed to offer hope, foster growth, and improve the lives of the children, families, and adults we serve.
• Our Vision:Our willingness to embrace change and develop new services is, and will remain, our guiding philosophy as we support the human service needs of our community.

Position Overview

Within the Community Counselor position, you will be facilitating the service called Community Psychiatric Support Services (“CPST”) within the Child and Family Treatment Support Services Program (“CFTSS”). The youth in this program have been identified, or are at risk of developing mental health, substance abuse, or developmental challenges. This service is intended to improve their health and well-being while maintaining them in their homes and communities.

CPST services are goal oriented and utilize solution-focused interventions intended to address challenges associated with a behavioral health need and to achieve identified goals or objectives as set forth in the child’s treatment plan while being in accordance with CFTSS regulations. Activities provided under CPST are intended to assist the child/youth and family/caregivers to achieve stability and foster improvement in daily living, personal recovery, resiliency, family and interpersonal relationships, school relationships and create community integration.

This support service is also aimed to help the youth’s family or caregivers manage the daily challenges of parenting a child with mental health and/or behavioral needs. Services in part are provided for 20 hours and are delivered in the youth’s home, school, or other community settings, and are always goal-directed based on the individual needs of that youth and family.

Oftentimes, the service delivered by the Community Counselor will be in conjunction to other services being delivered to the youth and family. As such, Community Counselor staff must work in a coordinated manner with both agency and outside providers.

Requirements & Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or in related human services field, plus one year of applicable experience; OR
• Bachelor's Degree in social work, psychology, or in related human services field AND 2 years…