Transitional Counselor - Direct Care Provider - All Shifts - Evening and Overnight priority

3pm 11pm

Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth in Bartlett.

Yearly range: $43,000 - 45,000 eligible for overtime

Must possess valid Illinois Driver's License

Must be over the age of 21

About the Transitional Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth

The Transitional Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth provides residential and support services to young women under the age of 21 to help them successfully transition from the Juvenile Justice System to life in the community.

About the Direct Care Provider Position

Responsible for direct service to Transitional IDJJ Program youth in a residential setting. The Direct Care Provider will work with youth to reduce verbal/physical aggression towards self/others, reduce criminal activity, increase compliance with societal and programmatic rules, reduce mental illness symptoms (and psychiatric hospitalizations), and increase empathetic understanding as evidenced by therapeutic compliance and participation in individual and group therapy. The overall goal is to maximize youth's likelihood of successful transition to a less restrictive alternative and community re-integration.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises youth utilizing the principles of the ARC model of trauma-informed care;
• Guides youth in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems - teaching life skills, independent living skills and vocational and job readiness skills;
• Facilitates youth engagement in their treatment process, promoting positive attitudes, skills and coping mechanisms to encourage on-going recovery and community re-integration;
• Prepares all required treatment records and reports in a timely fashion (including but not limited to, Medicaid services in compliance with Rule 132 requirements, Unusual Incident Reports and program logs);
• Monitors youth's self-administration of medication, as needed;
• Plans, organizes or leads structured programs of work, recreation or social activities for the youth;
• Performs crisis interventions with youth using Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) techniques when required.
• Participates in individual and treatment team meetings and offers viable clinical input facilitating informed decisions concerning programming and client care;
• Fully understands treatment goals of the program and applies treatment paradigms, resources and materials to achieve positive client outcome;
• Possesses a valid Driver's License in compliance with the driving standards as identified on Form CFS-671. Able to drive a passenger van and transport youth;
• Performs other duties / functions as requested by supervisory personnel.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education/Experience:

• Possess a valid Illinois Driver's License
• Bachelor's Degree in a Human Services field, preferred
  • OR bachelor's degree in one of the fields referenced in Rule 132 or any other field with 2 years of supervised clinical experience in a mental health setting.
  • OR High School Diploma with minimum of 5 years' work with children with behavioral and mental health issues.
  • Must be over 21 years of age

offers all full-time employees:

• PPO health insurance options
• Vision Insurance
• Dental insurance (after one year of service)
• FSA and HSA
• 403(b)
• Paid vacation and sick days
• 9 paid holidays a year
• Long Term Disability and Life Insurance (after one year of service)
• Tuition reimbursement (after one year of service)