Counselor (Adult Probation

Counselor I

About The Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD):
The Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) is one of the largest probation departments in the United States, supervising more than 70,000 individuals and employing over 600 staff members across 6 locations. We provide a wide range of services including community supervision, outpatient counseling, cognitive-behavioral programming, and residential treatment, designed to strengthen our clients' abilities and support their long-term success.

With a focus on utilizing evidence-based practices, we aim to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for all clients under supervision.

Position Overview:

The successful Counselor I is passionate about helping justice involved individuals be a success on community supervision and beyond. The Counselor I provides treatment interventions to Clients with varied backgrounds and supervision and intervention needs and assists Clients to address their substance use issues and develop healthy coping strategies. In this role, the Counselor I will provide individual and group treatment sessions, as well as completion of intake assessments, treatment planning, progress reports and discharge summaries, tailoring these interventions to meet individualized needs.

The Counselor I will also routinely collaborate with community supervision officers to ensure treatment planning is aligned with community supervision requirements and treatment goals. The Counselor I will also complete concise and timely documentation of all clinically related duties and work with an interdisciplinary team to ensure client needs are addressed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts individual and group counseling sessions with clients.
• Completes client intake assessments as well as individualized treatment planning, progress reports and discharge planning.
• Provides services to clients with diverse criminal backgrounds.
• Communicates key information and regularly collaborates with Community Supervision Officers.
• Tracks compliance with drug and alcohol testing.
• Ensures accurate and timely entries in the electronic case management systems.
• Review work and reports as required.
• Monitors and adheres to deadlines to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with policy, grant standards, funding and licensure requirements, special conditions of community supervision, and Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD) general and substance abuse standards.
• Maintains professional and effective communication, including email correspondence, with judges, attorneys, prosecutors, court personnel, law enforcement officials, CSCD personnel, victims, and community members.
• Participate in clinical and interdisciplinary staffing.
• Participate in team, unit and departmental meetings.
• Travel to Court, other HCCSCD locations or off-site locations for meetings, training, group coverage, etc. is required as needed.
• Testify in a court setting.
• Works collaboratively with other personnel.
• Provides group and individual instruction to clients, while also visually and audibly observing clients in the group and individual setting.
• Fosters a positive work environment by communicating and behaving cooperatively, respectfully and amicably with supervisors, co-workers, and the public.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Work overtime as required.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Education and Experience:

• Master's Degree in a Psychological, Counseling or Social Work field.
• Competency in clinical disorders, differential diagnosis, current treatment methods, and in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5-TR is required.

Licensure:

• At minimum possess licensure at the start of employment as an:
• Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPC-A)
• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFT-A)
• Must have a…