Bilingual Youth Counselor; Clinical Case Management

Overview

Join to apply for the Youth Counselor (Clinical Case Management) role at Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS). The Youth Counselor provides therapeutic case management services to youth with behavioral health challenges who would benefit from a primary case manager to coordinate services and address the families' unique barriers to successfully connecting to needed services, including mental health and substance use services.

The program focuses on immigrant youth and children of immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries who may face additional barriers such as language, literacy, immigration status, limited technology access, low cultural navigation, or needs in multiple domains.

• Conduct intake for all referred clients.
• Develop the Individualized Family Service Plan.
• Provide case management services to an assigned caseload in accordance with the Service Delivery Model, including assessment, goal plan development, and referrals.
• Assist individuals and their families with access to services and supports.
• Provide life skills education and intervention in accordance with clients’ goal plan and resource needs.
• Support clients in recognizing signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use issues and provide guidance on seeking appropriate care.
• Provide psychoeducation on mental health and substance use in accordance with clients’ goal plan and resource needs.
• Liaison between the family and service providers.
• Participate actively in team meetings and collaborative service delivery models with other team members to address community, family, and individual needs.
• Initiate and maintain collaborative contact with other agencies working with the youth and their family, including the referral source and appropriate school personnel to coordinate service delivery and monitor progress toward goals.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with other community services providing services for youth and families.
• Participate in regular individual and group supervisions as directed by supervisor.
• Ensure confidentiality policies and procedures are followed, reports to authorities occur in mandated time frames, and critical incident reviews are completed and filed.
• Maintain client files in accordance with program/licensing requirements and NVFS standards.
• Prepare statistical and narrative reports as required.

We understand that you may obtain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences.

• Prefer one of the following:
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, or Criminal Justice from an accredited college or university; OR
• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy or equivalent field from an accredited college or university (preferred)
• Must have at least two (2) years of related direct service experience providing:
• individual and/or group services to youth and families,
• case management or mental health, and
• working with youth with behavioral health care
• Oral and written fluency in English;
  Spanish language fluency required.
• Experience providing services to immigrants, recently reunified families, and adolescents.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of mental health and substance abuse.
• Digital and technical proficiency including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Additional Requirements:

• Successful completion of background checks upon hire
• Must have reliable transportation to visit client homes and other designated community locations
• May be called upon to work beyond normal working hours
• Work is done primarily in community-based settings (client homes, community centers, schools, and local offices) with some in-office and remote work

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries:
  Individual and Family Services

Salary: This position has a starting salary in the high 50s.