Trauma Informed Youth Counselor

SUMMARY:

The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation is working to end the cycle of domestic violence through its comprehensive youth programming. The Margarets Place program is a schoolbased violence intervention and prevention program designed to help students faculty and families address violence in school at home and in the community.The Margarets Place program addresses the underlying causes of violence and the impact of victimization through a variety of counseling and psychoeducational modalities including artbased interventions: an interactive trauma education/violence prevention curriculum; individual and group counseling; a peer leadership program; school staff parent and community workshops/outreach; antiviolence campaigns and more.

This is a fulltime schoolbased position located at:

Southeast Academy High School 12940 Foster Rd. Norwalk CA 90650

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be physically present on the school campus when school is in session.
• Provide individual and group counseling to youth exposed to violence or abuse.
• Teach trauma education/violence prevention curriculum to youth.
• Develop implement and facilitate a weekly peer leadership group peer leaderrun events and field trips as needed.
• Develop and implement antiviolence campaigns and activities with peer leadership groups promoting healthy relationships and raising awareness about violence related issues.
• Provide outreach referrals and workshops for parents/legal guardians.
• Provide outreach referrals and training for staff and administration.
• Attend committee and staff meetings and develop and maintain relationships and collaborations with staff and administration.
• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision.
• Comply with the best practice standards for practice and documentation as per JTSAH and the state.
• Participate in and/or accommodate onsite program research evaluation and site visits.
• Participate in professional development related to job responsibilities and professional growth (e.g. clinical practice adolescent development navigating systems etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Note: This position is funded by a grant. Employment is contingent upon the availability of grant funds and the role may be terminated if the grant funding ends.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Masters degree in Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy Creative Arts Therapy or a related field.
• Active unrestricted CAlicense in a behavioral health discipline (e.g. ACSW AMFT etc. is preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience working with children and adolescents.
• Solid understanding of interpersonal violence (e.g. intimate partner violence teen relationship abuse child abuse etc. and traumainformed principles and practice.
• Strong counseling and crisis intervention skills.
• Solid understanding of violence prevention work preferred.
• Experience with workshop and/or group facilitation.
• Experience with schoolbased programming is preferred.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with others.
• A strong commitment to providing antiracist culturally sensitive services as well as a knowledge of systemic issues.
• Ability to be creative in engaging youth individually and in large groups.
• Ability to work independently and maintain flexibility for working in a demanding school environment.
• Ideal candidates will demonstrate a passion for strengthbased youth empowerment work; will exhibit creativity in their approach of job tasks and challenges; and will be selfmotivated.
• Exhibit professional and ethical behavior.
• Present with the emotional capability to engage youth in conversations pertaining to violence trauma and traumatization and to engage resources/supports outside of work to appropriately manage emotional wellness.
• Solid understanding of or connection to the community preferred.

SALARY and BENEFITS:

• $57475$76560 Depending on experience and licensure
• 35 hour work week
• Medical/dental/life insurance
• Vacation sick and personal days.
• 401k match of 6 (after 6 months)
• Other benefits

The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation provides equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons and prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race color creed national origin ethnicity ancestry religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression marital status partnership status disability genetic information alienage citizenship military or veteran status status as a victim of domestic violence/stalking/sex offenses and unemployment status.