Hillel Wellness Counselor at Jewish Family Service of San Diego Hillel of San Diego
Hillel Wellness Counselor at Jewish Family Service of San Diego Hillel of San Diego
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Hillel Wellness Counselor JCIS
Jewish Family Service of San Diego / Hillel of San Diego
Role Overview
The Hillel Wellness Counselor is a position that reflects a strong partnership between Hillel of San Diego and Jewish Family Service of San Diego. The Wellness Counselor plays a critical role supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Jewish college students through Hillel of San Diego. Utilizing the resources and expertise of JFS the Hillel Wellness Counselor serves as a core part of the Hillel team and JFS. This position will connect with students who are navigating a myriad of mental health challenges and provide meaningful wellness experiences to foster resilience and community amongst college aged young adults. The Wellness Counselor will provide culturally appropriate care 1:1 shortterm counseling service and ongoing support for each client to attain and maintain selfsufficiency. The Wellness Counselor will provide ongoing care that is clientcentered and outcomeoriented.
Position Type: FullTime 37.5 hours/week) NonExempt
Work Setting:Onsite at Hillel (Glickman Center at UCSD)
Reports To:Hillel Associate Executive Director and Jamie Nadel at JFS for clinical supervision
What Youll Do
- Provide ongoing case management coaching and care coordination services to a designated caseload of clients who are experiencing mental health concerns
- Provide mental health assessments to assist clients in identifying appropriate mental health resources
- Provide coaching to stabilize immediate mental health crises with improved coping skills while also navigating towards longerterm community providers and insuranceeligible counseling and support groups
- Offer up to eight to ten onehour mental health counseling sessions for students through Hillel who need shortterm assistance or need help getting more comfortable with a mental health referral
- Offer resources to clients both within JFS and in the community
- Offer Mental Health First Aid wellness workshops and/or similar trainings at Hillel at both the Melvin Garb Hillel Center and Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center
- Act as the clients consistent touchpoint and crossteam coordinator to monitor continued progress in other services including Counseling and Psychological Services or oncampus or through JFS
- Monitor client progress to determine effectiveness of service delivery and to assess progress towards individual goals and objectives
- Maintain client information and case documentation in a confidential and professional manner in software system with integrity and in line with the quality standard set by supervisor
- Participate in maintaining a network of services and resources for clients in San Diego County with emphasis on mental health resources
- Establish and maintain relationships with mental health providers in the community with Jewish cultural competency
- Consult and coordinate with Jewish and secular partners to establish warm handoffs and referrals
- Attend program related meetings including case consultation meetings as necessary grant progress meetings and staff meetings
What Youll Bring to the Job
- Masters degree in counseling or social work (with a clinical focus)
- Licensed (LCSW LMHC LMFT LPC) or working toward licensure required
- Minimum of two years of experience in a mental health assessment/case management/resource coordination role
- Understanding of the concept of trauma informed care
- Demonstrated persistence in finding resources that address the multifactored impacts of poverty
- Experience setting limits when working with stressed clients often at some level of urgency
- Ability to show an unconditional positive regard for clients
- Previous training in Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Care preferred
- Ability to work with multiple software systems including Microsoft Teams ETOi (efforts to outcomes) complex case management databases
- Comfort in providing services to clients in person and in the community as needed
- Knowledge of Jewish culture and the local Jewish community
- Desire to work in an integrated team environment
- Position will require scheduling flexibility and will include some night and Sunday hours
What Youll Receive
- Pay Range: $32$36/hour
- Comprehensive lowcost healthcare coverage for employees
- Generous employer 401(k) contributions
- Employercovered life insurance
- Paid vacation time and sick leave
- 15 paid holidays including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled work day) and floating holidays
- 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees mental wellness
About Hillel of San Diego
Hillel of San Diego is on a mission to invest in the future of the Jewish community. We serve four main campuses: San Diego State University University of CaliforniaSan Diego University of San Diego and Cal State University San Marcos. We seek to transform the way Jewish students connect to each other meaningful causes Israel and our world. To deliver on this we need to be worldclass and provide quality experiences and opportunities that engage and inspireand thats where you come in!Hillel of San Diego is a fun place to be and an awesome place to work our goal is for you to come in motivated to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the world.
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a clientcentered impactdriven organization working to build a stronger more resilient community. For over 100 years Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community offering an array of services that are always lifechanging and often lifesaving. At Jewish Family Service we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner inMoving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS please visit jfssd.
*Jewish Family Service is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status.
About Hillel International
In 1923 Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.
Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.
Employment Type
Hourly
