Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

YOUTH COUNSELOR

Full-time 40 hours/week
$5,000 sign-on bonus

A typical day in the life of a Youth Counselor at HopeWest looks like painting pottery, befriending beanie babies, and utilizing the gentle power of horses to help children and teens navigate one of life's most naturally painful experiences: grief. Using expressive arts, play, and equine therapies, youth counselors facilitate school groups, individual sessions, and summer camps with a highly passionate and tight-knit team of counselors. This position offers a wonderfully balanced blend of flexible work and scheduling hours, in-office and out-of-office time, and fun utilization of evidenced-based counseling techniques, which makes this more than just a job. It creates purpose, passion and pride in knowing that at the end of the day, every effort you made mattered to someone who needed the help.

HopeWest is the only program of its kind on the Western Slope and one of the most innovative and respected programs in the country. When impacted by serious illness or the death of a loved one, children and their families often need support in learning their new normal. HopeWest Kids is the program that these families come to for exemplary service.

As a counselor for HopeWest Kids, you'll effect positive change in this wonderful community we call home, and have a career that is more playful and purposeful than any job you've had.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES : The Youth Counselor provides counseling, education, and support to bereaved clients you are coping with serious illness and/or death of a loved one through phone calls, counseling sessions, and group support. This position provides school-based grief groups, individual and/or family counseling and serves as a resource on psychosocial issues related to child grief and loss internally and externally which includes educational presentations. The youth counselor will also assist with planning and facilitating the child and teen grief summer camps.

COMPETENCIES & REQUIREMENTS :

• Working knowledge of all Microsoft Office word processing and excel spreadsheets and functional ability in PowerPoint and Outlook Calendar.
• Communicates effectively with others, particularly with those experiencing difficult situations.
• Speaking in front of a group.
• Facilitation of groups of individuals and or teams.
• Time management.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Master’s Degree in a counseling field and/or social work is required.
• Must hold and maintain an active, independent, unrestricted license, such Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist (LMFT) with the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) prior to first day of work if not already obtained at time of job offer.
• At least one (1) year of experience in counseling and grief work.
• At least one (1) year of experience working with children and teens in a related setting.
• Valid Colorado driver’s license and unlimited access to reliable transportation.
• Adequate automobile insurance.
• Able to work in a variety of environments.

Pay and Benefits:

• Hourly pay: $35.00 - 39.00
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance effective the first of the month following start date
• Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program.

• Immediate accrual of PTO and medical leave
• Employer paid life insurance
• EAP & Disability
• 403b Retirement plan with up to 3% employer match
• 15% discount at Spoons Bistro & Bakery, and Heirlooms locations
  At HopeWest, we hold strong core values that are followed internally with staff as well as in the daily care of our patients & their loved ones. Employees of HopeWest are ambassadors that help continue our strong reputation in the communities we serve. If you want to feel honor and pride in the work that you do, while supporting a meaningful mission, come join our HopeWest Team!
  
  Together, through creativity, volunteerism, and philanthropy we change the experiences of aging, illness, and grief – one family at a time.
  HopeWest honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.
  This position will remain open until filled.

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