POSITION: Therapist
LOCATION: Juvenile Services Center
WORK SCHEDULE: Varies and as needed/assigned; however primary schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM; also serves on a 24 hour on-call rotation schedule
JOB CATEGORY: Salaried
SALARY: $59,494/year
BENEFITS: Medical, dental, PERF and PTO (paid time off)
JOB SUMMARY:
This position reports to the Juvenile Detention Center Director/Assistant Director/JJS Lead Therapist and serves as therapist for the Juvenile Justice System with the primary assignment to the Juvenile Detention Center. The therapist is responsible for planning, coordinating, and conducting groups, individual sessions, crisis intervention, programs, and classes to meet the therapeutic needs of the clients served.
The following job duties are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive.
JOB DUTIES:
- Plans, coordinates, and conducts groups/classes for providing educational, cognitive, behavioral, and life skills services and programs for detained juveniles, participants of the Day Reporting Center, and any other youth involved with juvenile justice services.
- Establishes specific program goals and individual behavior plans (if needed) for the juvenile while in detention, consistent with the juvenile’s case plan, and evaluates the juvenile’s individual progress toward those goals.
- Provides crisis intervention and management for residents as needed and identified.
- Attends staff meetings and workshop/training seminars as requested or required by facility and/or state rules and regulations, including 80 hours of initial on the job orientation training and ongoing annual required training.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Master’s Degree in Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work required. Ability to obtain professional licensure (i.e.: LSW, LCSW, LMHC, MFTA) within one year of hire date is required.
- Must be at least twenty-one years of age.
- Must reside in/or be willing to move to Porter County
- Experience working with groups, classes, or programs. Preferably with juveniles.
- Ability to work with or be exposed to potentially violent/irate individuals.
- Ability to pass a criminal records check, sex offender registry check, and Department of Child Services record review.
- Ability to serve on 24-hour call and respond swiftly, rationally, and decisively to emergency situations.
- Possession of a reliable car, valid driver’s license, and demonstrated safe driving record.
Application and resume can be emailed to John Bryan: jfbryan@porterco.org. Applications can be downloaded from the Porter County website.