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Community Based Support Counselor
+ + Job Tracking ID: 512###-####64
+ Job Location: Utica, NY
+ Job Level: Mid Career (2+ years)
+ Level of Education: BA/BS
+ + Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
+ Date Updated: June 25, 2024
+ Years of Experience: 2 - 5 Years
+ Starting Date: ASAP
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Job Description:
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT COUNSELOR
Location: Utica, NY
Earn: $58,458 - $82,800/annually
Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong/life changing relationships and avoid hospitalization or placement. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families!
Join our team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families in our community!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have 22 locations across 8 states and serve over 10,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.
About the Program and Position:
Cayuga Centers is looking for an individual who is passionate about strengths-based, youth and family-centered work within the Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) team. The intention of Community-Based Support Counselor is to reduce crises associated with behavioral and psychiatric challenges, provide community-based services to children and families who may have difficulty engaging in formal office settings to help achieve stability, improve daily living skills, and improve their interpersonal relationships at home, in school, and in the community. This program provides ample opportunities to expand your application and experience of therapeutic skills while supporting program growth within the agency and community.
How you get to use your skills
+ Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing various therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice
+ Become a primary support in helping children/youth and families to develop preventative and responsive skills to use during crisis situations
+ Utilize a strengths-based and trauma-informed practice to help families recognize and work through issues that have been identified
+ Enhance the functioning of youth and their families while helping them build stronger relationships
+ Demonstrate an inclusive practice in the office and the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
+ Contribute to a multidisciplinary team that shares your passion for children and families
Schedule:
Looking for an applicant who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position that includes some evening and weekend flexibility.
Experience and Skills:
+ Bachelor's Degree with:
+ Certification in an Evidence-Based Practice consistent with the Community-Based Support Counselor components being delivered OR
+ Three years applicable experience in childrens mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field and certification in an Evidenced Based Practice OR
+ Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related human services with:
+ One year of applicable experience OR
+ Certification in an Evidence-Based Practice
+ Practitioners may also include:
+ Registered Professional Nurses with one year of behavioral health experience.
+ Licensed Occupational Therapists to the extent they are operating under the scope of their license
+ Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCAT) to the extent they are operating under the scope of their license
+ Experience working with children and families in a community-based or "in-home" setting
+ Experience with the foster care system, specifically with foster parents and youth preferred
+ Excellent communication, organizational and collaboration skills
+ A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change
+ Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning
Physical Requirements:
+ Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
+ Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
+ Lifting up to 10 pounds
+ Time driving and/or taking public transportation to conduct client and family visits
+ Use of a personal vehicle for driving to and from appointments and activities as assigned
Benefits
+ Pay is determined by education, professional license and years of applicable experience:
+ Bachelor's degree: $58,458 - $60,974/annually
+ Masters degree: $58,500 - $73,600/annually
+ LMSW, LMFT, LMHC, LCAT: $64,000 - $73,600/annually
+ LCSW: $72,000 - $82,800/annually
+ 120 hours Vacation
+ 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
+ Supervision available for licensure
+ Medical, dental, and vision insurance
+ Pet and Legal insurance
+ Employee Assistance Program
+ FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
+ Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
+ 401(k) match up to 6%
+ Corporate Discounts Program
+ Sick Leave Pool
+ Identity Protection
+ Hybrid remote working
Cayuga Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women, Veterans, and members of the BIPOC community are strongly encouraged to apply. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.