Youth Justice Services Worker

Professional Services Group, Inc; Kenosha (WI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage Reimbursement

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

401k & Profit Sharing

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Community Impact Programs is hiring a full-time Youth Justice Services Worker in Kenosha, WI. The role supports ISYCP, providing individual, group, and family counseling, with supervision and services to youth to reduce delinquency and aid families and caregivers.

Responsibilities include client assessment, treatment planning, weekly group sessions, court appearances, and community-based activities. Schedule is 40 hours weekly with one evening shift; pay rate is $22.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or related.
• Reliable transportation with valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze client situations, capabilities, and problems to determine services required to meet the treatment needs of the client.
• Create individual client treatment plans.
• Facilitate treatment/educational group sessions for clients on a weekly basis.
• Monitor client behavior by conducting in-person visits each workday.
• Attend client/family court proceedings.
• Organize and facilitate structured group, individual, and/or family activities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Counseling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or related.

Job description

Community Impact Programs is now hiring for the full-time Youth Justice Services Worker!

Are you passionate about helping at-risk youth and families achieve their greatest potential? Are you interested in a career in youth justice programming? Join our team as a Youth Justice Services Worker with Community Impact Programs! We are a community-based social services organization committed to providing innovative programming to meet the diverse needs of our communities.

The Intensive Supervision Youth Competency Program (ISYCP) is designed to address the needs of youth adjudicated by juvenile court and whose behavior puts them at risk for an out-of-home placement. The Youth Justice Services Worker uses the concepts of positive youth development to provide services to help youth successfully complete their supervision, commit no new delinquent acts, improve decision making, and assist parents in establishing clear, consistent rules and age-appropriate expectations. As the Youth Justice Services Worker, you will monitor and support youth, and assist in the follow-through and success of each youth's treatment. Services include individual, group, and/or family counseling; and structured activities, curfew checks, crisis intervention, school support, assessment, and service referrals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICES WORKER:

• Analyze client situations, capabilities, and problems to determine services required to meet the treatment needs of the client.


• Create individual client treatment plans.


• Facilitate treatment/educational group sessions for clients on a weekly basis.


• Monitor client behavior by conducting in-person visits each workday.


• Attend client/family court proceedings.


• Organize and facilitate structured group, individual, and/or family activities.

LOCATION:

Kenosha, WI. Local travel is required to meet with clients within the home or other community spaces, with mileage reimbursement.

SCHEDULE:

full-time 40 hours per week Sunday-Thursday. Schedule will include one evening shift per week (1:00-9:00 PM)

PAY RATE:

$22.50

WHY WORK WITH PSG/CIP?

• Be part of a passionate team dedicated to making a difference in the community!


• Mileage Reimbursement


• Work culture that values not only the health and well-being of the clients we serve, but also our staff


• Opportunities for advancement and professional development


• Competitive benefits package, including: paid time off and company holidays; health, vision, dental, and life insurance; short-term disability; 401k and profit sharing; and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)




• One of our health insurance plans with employee-only coverage is offered with no monthly premium!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have reliable transportation on a daily basis, a valid driver's license, and automobile insurance.


• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or related.

Equal Employment Opportunity/M/F/disability/protected veteran status

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