About this role
Job DetailsLevel: EntryJob Location: Cedar Rapids - Cedar Rapids, IA 52404Position Type: Full-Time/Part-TimeEducation Level: High School Diploma or GEDSalary Range: $16.00 - $18.00 HourlyTravel Percentage: No Travel requiredJob Shift: Varied ShiftsIMMEDIATE OPENINGS!
YOUTH COUNSELORS FOR ALL SHIFTS!
Attend our OPEN INTERVIEWS to learn more about how you can help assure every child becomes a successful adult.
No appointment required!
When does this take place?
Each Tuesday of the Month
What Time?
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where do I go?
Four Oaks
5400 Kirkwood Blvd SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 5204
What you will do?
As a Youth Counselor you will provide direct care services and coverage to meet the needs of our clients. This includes but is not limited to ensuring safety & supervision, skill building, behavioral management and communications within the team. Specific responsibilities include:
Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
Evaluate the impact of behavioral, group treatment, and life-space interventions while providing direction & feedback.
Serve as a positive role model and agent of change for the youth.
Establish a therapeutic relationship with the client based on trust & respect.
Provide supervision and treatment intervention.
Safely transport youth to/from program activities and community resources while monitoring behaviors.
Provide individualized reinforcement to client behavior to teach and reinforce adaptive behaviors.
Utilize a proactive/preventive method of intercepting problems before they escalate.
Assist clients in developing insight into their behaviors so that they learn to self-identify and self correct.
Qualifications & Program InformationWhat you need:
You will need to be at least 21 years of age and possess a High School Diploma or GED to qualify. Additional requirements include
Other facts
About FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES
Four Oaks Mission:
Four Oaks assures children become successful adults.
Four Oaks Vision:
Expect Success.
Four Oaks Symbol:
The Four Oaks symbol represents the family, the community and the agency standing together with the child to build a future strong as the might oak.
Four Oaks Philosophy:
Four Oaks services are focused on and rooted in the family. We empower children and families to achieve stability, self-sufficiency and permanency.
What you'll do
- As a Youth Counselor, responsibilities include providing direct care services and coverage to meet client needs, ensuring safety, supervision, skill building, and behavioral management. This involves providing supervision and treatment intervention while establishing therapeutic relationships based on trust and respect.
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