Residential Counselor

About the Organization 

Hillcrest Family Services is a non-profit organization that assists adults and children in need of help. Every day, Hillcrest builds confidence in hundreds of people and families. We strive to be a leading provider in supporting brain health and wellness. We’re a place where compassion is commonplace. Where our passion soars and faith restores.

About the Program

Hillcrest's Anna B. Lawther Academy provides residential treatment programs for behaviorally challenged teens that are highly respected and nationally accredited.  The academy is one of only a few providers in the State of Iowa that provides a full continuum of residential services on one beautifully landscaped campus with excellent facilities, and is located in Dubuque, Iowa. These continuum of services include: foster group care, a dual-diagnosis Psychiatric Medical Institution for Children (PMIC), an emergency youth shelter, supervised apartment living, an on campus therapeutic school, therapy and medication management, primary physical health care, and Integrated Health Home programming.

Your Responsibilities

As a RE Counselor, your primary responsibilities include providing therapy and counseling portions of the treatment program for adolescent residential education clients. In addition, you will be:

• Meeting with clients in individual counseling sessions
• Facilitating weekly group counseling sessions
• Maintaining a complete and updated clinical record for each client, making all efforts to obtain all pertinent clinical, medical, educational and legal reports, meeting all standards and policies
• Tracking completion of therapy and counseling hours for all clients
• Providing case management services, including responsibility for scheduling and facilitating client staffings
• Responsible for authoring psycho-social assessment, admission, and progress staffings and discharge summaries on a timely basis

What You Need

• BSW or BA from an accredited school in a social sciences program
• Two (2) years full time experience in human services field
• Grounded in an understanding of cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation of children and adolescents
• Competencies in the delivery of evidence based individual, group, and family services
• Mentoring, teaching, and coaching skills in order to provide information, education, support, direction and oversight of children and youth with a mental health diagnosis and their families.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Basic computer/keyboarding skills

What Makes You Stand Out

• Master's degree in a social services field
• Acceptable agency driver
• Medication Manager training

Competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Heath insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Staff development and training

Additional Information

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job posting are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines. A complete list of job duties may be requested at any time during the job application process. EEO Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled