Juvenile Counselor ; Female​/DL - Honolulu, Oahu

Recruitment Number 26-074LM, Juvenile Counselor I (Female/DL), SR-16, Honolulu, Oahu. Immediate temporary/on-call vacancies.

Work Location:

The positions are located at the Home Maluhia (shelter) in Honolulu, Oahu.

Gender-Specific Positions:
The positions require employees to be female to serve female clients.

Shiftwork:
Incumbents will work on a rotating shift basis including weekends, nights, holidays, and outside scheduled hours.

Intermittent (On‑call)

Work Hours:

Some positions require up to 40 hours per week as needed; availability for weekends, nights, and holidays required.

Performs therapeutic counseling and allied rehabilitative services of a simple nature with juveniles requiring temporary shelter in a non‑secured facility; interviews juveniles to obtain background information; assists in investigation, evaluation, and assessment of the juvenile’s background; makes recommendations on referrals to community resources and treatment/rehabilitation programs; prepares case records and reports; performs other duties as required.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four‑year college/university with at least twelve semester credit hours in social science.

Experience:

Progressively responsible professional experience involving counseling to individuals and/or families, including educational guidance, vocational rehabilitation, pastoral counseling, probation or parole counseling. Experience may be substituted for education on a year‑for‑year basis.

Additional Requirements:

Ability to write clear reports, read and interpret complex material, solve problems logically.

Applicants who will graduate within three months of the job posting may apply; an original transcript of completed coursework and the degree will be required if selected.

Applicants must possess a valid and unexpired driver’s license to operate a motor vehicle.

• Applications will be evaluated to determine whether applicants meet minimum qualifications.
• Qualified applicants will be notified to schedule an Attitudinal Test in Honolulu; the test is not available online.
• Only applicants who pass the Attitudinal Test will be eligible for consideration.

Applicants must not have a history of sexual abuse or related offenses in any correctional or community confinement setting per PREA Federal law.