Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor ; JRC- Chehalis

Vision

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community.”

Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor 1 (JRC1)

Chehalis - Fulltime position

Salary: $4,542.00 - $6,107.00 Monthly. No 5% 24/7 premium.

As a JRC1, you will assist counselors to provide comprehensive case management, transition and reentry planning, counseling, and treatment services while supervising an assigned caseload of youth for compliance with program and treatment plan requirements and preparing youth and families for re-entry into the community.

A Bachelor's degree or a combination of education/experience totaling at least four years will prepare you for promotion into JRC2 jobs.

• Assist residential counselors in assessing behavior and monitoring youth compliance with case plan and program requirements.
• Support and monitor youth participation in appropriate treatment services.
• Co-facilitate Dialectical Behavior Therapy & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy groups.
• Perform routine security duties.
• Conduct wellness checks, living unit building security checks, key checks, room searches for contraband, pat and/or strip searches of youth, assist in search and apprehension of escapees.
• Assign and supervise youth chores within a living unit to meet health and hygiene standards.
• Supervise or serve meals to resident groups; monitor movement of residents to and from central areas such as school, medical, and recreation facilities.
• Organize and supervise group recreational activities.

• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience totaling four years.
• OR two years of college education from an accredited institution AND two years of experience as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Security Officer.
• OR a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

AND

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.
• Supervision and lead techniques.

Complete and submit the online application.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) was created to be a comprehensive agency exclusively dedicated to the social, emotional, and physical well-being of children, youth, and families regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other socioeconomic factors. We believe our workforce should reflect the communities we serve and are actively searching for candidates that reflect that diversity.

DCYF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

Applicants selected for an interview are required to pass a national fingerprint background check and complete a questionnaire mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) inquiring about any sexual misconduct. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but is considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the job.

This position performs activities that meet the definition of counseling as defined in WAC  (7). Incumbent must possess and…