Bilingual Youth Counselor Gang Prevention Specialist - Spanish required
Bilingual Youth Counselor Gang Prevention Specialist - Spanish required
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Working at Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) means doing work that matters every day because of the difference you will make in the lives of children and families in Northern Virginia. NVFS breadth depth and scope of services offer the resources and support to ensure that everyone in need at every stage of life maximizes their potential and fully contributes to a thriving community.At Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) we value every team members contribution and our collective impact on our clients and the community. NVFS is an equal opportunity employer EVerify participant and drugfree workplace.
Join the NVFS Family: We are looking to hire a Bilingual Youth Counselor to join the NVFS Youth Initiatives team!As a Youth Counselor in the Intervention Prevention and Education (IPE) Program you will work with referred youths parents or guardians to increase effective communication and appropriate limitsetting provide education about the signs of gang involvement or other negative behaviors and provide information about the ways in which families can support their children so that they are less vulnerable to gang involvement and other unhealthy relationships. You will also provide referrals for any needed services ensuring that families are connected to a supportive network and formal and informal resources in their community.
As an IPE Youth Counselor you will provide shortterm therapeutic case management services and services to address their unique gangintervention (for example safety planning on how to leave a gang safely or refusal and resistance skills training to resist recruitment efforts).In this position you will be working in person with clients in home community and school settings with some remote work.
Your Future Team: The Youth Initiatives Programs of NVFS utilize a highly effective traumainformed culturally relevant service model to provide multimodal neighborhood basedschool connected services designed to ensure that atrisk youth and families are able to thrive in their chosen communities; succeed academically and socially; and that the communities themselves are equipped to prevent future community and family violence.
The IPE (Intervention Prevention and Education) Program of NVFS is an asset development intervention designed to increase the protective factors that ensure that gang involved youth and youth at risk for gang involvement have increased abilities to resist the destructiveness of gang involvement. The program strives to ensure that parents of atrisk youth and community members are able to provide the support and structure needed to keep these vulnerable youth safe from the negative influence of gangs. IPE serves youth ages 1021 and their families.
Benefits and Compensation: We want you to be well have work/life flexibility grow your career with us and have the resources and support you need. Check out our comprehensive benefit offerings here in support of various dimensions of your wellbeing.
Salary ranges from mid to high 50s.
In this role you will:
- Conduct intake for all referred clients for clients in Prince William or Fairfax.
- Provide shortterm intensive case management services to assigned case load in accordance with IPE Service Delivery Model including assessment goal plan development and referral. This includes referring all clients with traumarecovery related mental health needs to the VPIP/FRP Mental Health Counselor where available.
- Provide life skills education and intervention in accordance with clients goal plan and resource needs.
- Provide gang awareness education to IPE referred youth and their parents.
- Participate actively in team meetings and collaborative service delivery models with other team members to effectively address community family and individual violence prevention and intervention needs in assigned neighborhood.
- Initiate and maintain collaborative contact with other agencies working with the youth and their family including the referral source and appropriate school personnel in order to effectively coordinate service delivery and monitor clients progress towards goals.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with other community services providing services for youth and families.
- Develop and implement plans to educate and increase gang awareness in the community which may include providing workshops and groups in schools and communitybased settings as needed.
- Assure confidentiality policies and procedures are followed to protect the rights of clients that reports to authorities occur in the mandated time frames and that critical incident reviews related to these procedures are completed and filed.
- Participate effectively and positively in required Program and Agency meetings and trainings.
Your Background: We understand that you may obtain skills through a variety of professional personal educational and volunteer experiences.
- Bachelors degree in Social Work Human Services or Criminal Justice from an accredited college or university OR
Associates degree with at least four 4 years of related work experience preferred. - At least two 2 years of related direct service experience providing individual and/or group services to youth and families case management and working with atrisk youth.
- Experience providing services to immigrants recently reunified families and adolescents.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of gang dynamics.
- Fluency in Spanish and English required. Additional language skills always welcome.
- Proficiency in usage of basic technological tools including laptops/computers email phones and internet; working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Must be able to demonstrate and live the organizational values of Communication Integrity Respect Collaboration and Accountability.
Additional Requirements:
- Must have reliable transportation to visit client homes and other designated community locations.
- Must clear Motor Vehicle Record check have valid U.S. drivers license and have own transportation in order to transport clients.
- Must be comfortable with varying home conditions and being around sick children.
- May be called upon to work beyond normal working hours including evenings and occasional weekends.
- Successful completion of background checks required upon hire.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
