Youth Counselor - Bemidji Residential DHS Programs

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Currently offering a $5000 sign on bonus! Hourly rates starting at $18.27 with additional $1.50 per hour for afternoon shift, $1.00 per hour for midnight shift, and $1.00 per hour for weekend shifts.

It is the youth counselor's primary responsibility to provide day-to-day supervision, care, and guidance to residents assigned to their unit. Counselors provide a safe and healthy treatment milieu designed to meet the emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual needs of the residents. The counselor provides a positive role model for the residents to emulate and is responsible for teaching a variety of communications, coping, problem solving, and social skills.

Winnie's Sisu House (Bemidji Location)

Winnie Sisu is a therapeutic transitional living home, providing support to adolescent girls who have been sexually exploited and/or trafficked. Programming is structured to help support and develop the attitude, self-concept, and skills needed for self-sufficiency and independent living. Using a client-centered approach and trauma-informed care model, residents receive services tailored to their individual needs and treatment goals. Winnie Sisu is open to adolescent girls 16-21 years of age.

Hawkins Home - Girls Transitional Programming (Bemidji Location)

Hawkins Home is a transitional living program for young woman aged 16-21 years old. Hawkins Home offers a supportive and structured living environment with a focus on building the skills and competencies necessary for a successful transition into young adulthood. Programming is individualized and based upon client-identified goals and areas of need.

Candidates must be responsible, mature, self-motivated individuals who posses a desire to work with at-risk youth, good verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to set firm limits.

Qualifications: must be 21 years of age, have a valid Minnesota driver's license, and have a high-school diploma or GED. Post-secondary education in the Human Service / Law Enforcement fields or equivalent experience is desirable but not mandatory.

North Homes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.