Youth Counselor - CR Programs

Job Details

• Level: Entry
• Job Location:
  
  Smith Center
  - Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
• Position Type:
  Full Time
• Education Level: High School Diploma or GED
• Salary Range: $16.00 - $18.00 Hourly
• Travel Percentage:
  No Travel required
• Job Shift: Any
• Job Category:
  Nonprofit
  - Social Services

• Providing consistent, individualized reinforcement to client behavior, using daily issues to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
• Utilizing a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems to neutralize them before they escape.
• Utilizing identified behavior management techniques and de‑escalation training to assist clients in developing appropriate behaviors.
• Assisting clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self‑identify and self‑correct.
• Know the population and is aware of individualized treatment plan.
• Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
• Evaluating the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life‑space interventions while providing direction & feedback.
• Safely transporting youth to/from program activities and community resources while monitoring behaviors.
• Effectively participating in team to review case progress and provide best programming.
• Following medication management guidelines.
• Serving a positive role model and agent of change for the youth.
• Completing documentation of services in a timely manner – including daily case notes, behavior management, visual checks, etc.

• You will need to be at least 21 years of age and possess a High School Diploma or GED to qualify. A Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services related field of study is preferred.
• Desire to help kids succeed
• Prior experience working with children in a school or mental health setting preferred
• Strong communication and problem solving abilities
• Basic computer skills in a MS Office environment