Counselor - YCA . Stewart

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Counselor - YCA Ft. Stewart

Department of Defense

JR

Rotating (United States of America)

$48,000

The purpose of the Georgia Youth Challenge Program (GaYCP) is to provide education, leadership, character development, and life‑coping skills to Georgia's youth so they may become successful members of society. The voluntary program targets 16-18 year old youth who are at-risk of not completing high school. The GaYCP seeks to provide a new environment for youth so that they can focus on completing their academic goals while also enhancing their personal strengths and resiliency.

The GaYCP mirrors a U.S. Army basic training environment. The military structure of the program provides a structured environment and teaches discipline, self‑control, and motivation. In addition, the program develops the whole person by focusing on 8 core components that supports each cadet’s personal development: academic excellence, life coping skills, job skills training, responsible citizenship, leader/followership, health and hygiene, physical fitness, and service to community.

All GaYCP staff serve as mentors and role models for the cadets, demonstrating what “right looks like.” Academy staff work together to provide the structure, academic, social‑emotional, and supervisory support needed by cadets during the 22‑week residential phase.

During the 12-month Post‑Residential Phase, most GaYCP graduates continue their post‑secondary school education, vocational‑technical training, full‑time employment, military enlistment, or some combination of these. With academies at Fort Stewart in Hinesville and Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia’s Youth Challenge Program has graduated over 20,000 cadets since the program’s inception in 1993.

The YCA Youth Counselor provides educational and personal counseling, guidance and assessment services to cadets at YCA Ft. Stewart. Provides assistance in the social, emotional, educational and vocational development of cadets who exhibit complex personal problems and adjustment difficulty. Provides the instruction of life skills and the coordination of supplemental student activities that are designed to improve work habits and to enhance the ability of students to live independently after graduation.

Participates in extracurricular activities as needed.

The selected candidate must be willing to work a flexible schedule when needed, which may include evenings and weekends.

Preference will be given to those applicants who, in addition meeting the minimum qualifications have completed three (3) Master’s level courses in counseling (or a related area of study) AND have one (1) year of full‑time professional level experience in providing educational/career planning services or counseling; OR Applicants who have a graduate degree in counseling or social work from an accredited four‑year college or university;

OR Applicants who possess licensure as a professional counselor from an accredited state or national certifying association.

• 1. Job experience working with “at‑risk” youth
• 2. Basic computer software usage skills
• 3. Possession of a valid Georgia Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• 4. Experience in swimming, climbing and/or canoeing

Selected applicant must pass a pre‑employment background investigation, which includes a Georgia criminal records search, national criminal records check, a pre‑employment drug test (post‑hire will be placed in the pool for the State Random Drug Testing Program), AND a…