Youth Counselor - Full-time

h1span class="emphasis-3"bPartner with us in making a positive change!/b/span/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"spanJoin a team where your work truly matters. We#39;re proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare./span/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanJob Title:/span/b/pYouth Counselorp style="text-align:left"bspanDivision/Program:/span/b/pStar View Adolescent Centerp style="text-align:left"bspanStarting Compensation:/span/b/p24.00 - 25.50 USD Per Hourp style="text-align:left"bspanWorking Location:/span/b/pTorrance, CAp style="text-align:left"bspanWorking Hours/Shift:/span/b/pFriday - Monday 3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.mp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanWhy Join Our Team?/span/bspan /span/pullibspanCompetitive Compensation/span/bspan: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience./span/lilibspanGenerous Time Off/span/bspan: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay./span/lilibspanComprehensive Benefits Package/span/bspan:/spanullispanEmployer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage./span/lilispanAdditional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle./span/li/ul/lilibspanProfessional Growth Opportunities/span/bspan:/spanullispanOn-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities./span/lilispanCareer development programs designed to help you grow./span/lilispanSupervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable)./span/li/ul/li/ulp style="text-align:left"bspanEmployee Recognition amp; Rewards/span/bspan: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication/span/ppbWhat you bring to SBHG /b(qualifications)b:/b/pullispanHigh School Diploma or equivalent plus One (1) year experience with seriously emotionally disturbed children, or Two (2) years’ experience with seriously emotionally disturbed adults./span/liliOR – BA/BS Degree/li/ulp/ppbHow you will make a difference /b(job overview):/pp/ppspanThe Youth Counselor is the treatment team member who is responsible for providing direct care to meet the physical and psychosocial needs of the adolescents through direct and indirect physical and verbal interaction. Duties are performed under direct supervision of the Program Director, Facility Manager and Shift Lead; some tasks are accomplished independently. Provide day-to-day supervision, ensure safety and care for children individually, while in school and in groups.  Promote and assist adolescents with self-help skills in the areas of eating, hygiene, and grooming, handling individual problems and other activities.  Models and supports positive youth development and positive behavioral self-management through praise, attention, and use of behavioral incentive system.  Encourages adolescents’ interaction and socialization with other peers, providing feedback to adolescents on appropriate behavior. Participate in Pro-Act crisis intervention as required.  Note children’s progress in daily progress notes./span/pp/ppbDivision/Program Overview: /b/pulliA comprehensive mental health in patient residential facility for adolescents/liliServing up to 60 adolescents (ranging from ages 12-17) statewide/liliIntensive residential services dedicated to serving clients with serious mental health problems with the highest dignity and quality of services since 1988/liliPrograms: Psychiatric Health Facility, Community Treatment Facility and Non-Public High School – 24/7 locked facility/liliMultidisciplinary Mental Health Services, Therapeutic Behavioral Health Services, and Intensive Day Treatment Program/li/ulp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanLearn more about SBHG at/span/b: a target="_blank" href="https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/"spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan class="WHP0"https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc//span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/a/pp style="text-align:left"bspanFor Additional Information:/span/b/pp style="text-align:inherit"/psvacrecruit@starsinc.comp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pIn accordance with California law, the grade for this position is 17.87 - 24.79. Placement within the grade is determined based on experience, internal equity, and other factors permitted by law.