Weekend Residential Counselor
Weekend Residential Counselor
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Description
Center Youth Voice Ignite Change Promote Justice
Oasis Center was founded in 1969 a group of young lawyers came together to establish the Rap House a simple community center for runaway teens and youth struggling with addictions. Fifty years later the Rap House has evolved into Oasis Center where nearly 4000 youth and families turn for help and direct support every year. Oasis Center provides a wide range of opportunities that reflect the diverse needs of youth and their families from crisis intervention to youth leadership and community engagement to college and career access. Our 20 programs and services are based on the foundation of four areas for youth success: Safety Belonging Empowerment and Generosity.
Right now our agency is growing so if you have talent and skills compassion and a mindset for justice and you want to make a career in making a difference please consider joining our incredible Oasis Center team.
Vision: to live in a world where all young people are safe valued connected to caring adults and prepared for productive and fulfilling lives. We believe that progress is made toward this goal when we develop and encourage perspectives based on hope a vision of what is possible and the courage to act. We cultivate this change through caring relationships meaningful action and thoughtful reflection.
Position: Weekend Residential Counselor (Parttime)
Saturday: 8:306:30
Sunday: 7:305:30
Thursdays (as available): 24pm
Summary: To provide overnight awake supervision and case management services to clients.
Salary: 18K20K (Includes paid time off)
Essential Functions:
- Provide supervision for youth shelter residents
- Coordinate and lead all weekend activities for residents staying over the weekend.
- Manage petty cash and provide appropriate documentation for expenses.
- Provide intake and assessment services to youth and families referred to the shelter program.
- Provide group services when appropriate or assigned.
- Facilitate the referral process for potential clients.
- Attend weekly staffing/meetings and regular supervision.
- Document client interaction in a consistent and ethical manner.
- Provide crisis counseling services through the agency coverage system.
- Provide liaison and referral services with appropriate mental health centers courts physicians school systems Department of Childrens Services and others as needed.
Requirements:
- Drivers license
- Must pass a TBI background check
- Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form.
- Strong capacity to form meaningful caring and affirming relationships with all young people including LGBTQ youth.
- Clear understanding of racial inequities and other forms of discrimination and willingness to operate from an antioppression model.
- Knowledge and ability to access community resources.
- Knowledge and ability to apply crisis intervention theory.
- Bachelors Degree or Three years relevant experience
Oasis Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is operated in accordance with a policy which does not permit discrimination because of race color sex age handicap national origin sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression.
Employment Type
Full-Time
