Would a career where you can make a positive impact on the lives of troubled youth feel rewarding? Are you patient and empathetic? The Department of Human Services, North East Secure Treatment Unit is seeking dedicated counselors who can develop and implement effective individual treatment plans for court-adjudicated youth. Our Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services counselors are willing to intervene in crisis and controversial situations to prevent harmful behaviors while holding others, including yourself, accountable for actions. This position requires a willingness to work with a diverse population of some of the most difficult, vulnerable, and disrespectful court-adjudicated youth in Pennsylvania along with a sincere desire to help them change behaviors that will lead to becoming productive citizens. This is a challenging career, but one where your positive actions can hugely impact the future of children who need it. Apply today and take the first step in making a difference in the lives of others.
As a Youth Development Counselor, you actively engage with court-adjudicated youth who require guidance, instruction, treatment, and specialized services in a secure or restricted setting. You develop, implement and monitor individual treatment program plans to include individual, group, and family counseling sessions. Also, you assess and counsel youth about their thought processes, actions ,and personal problems to provide insight into responsible behaviors and attitudes. When appropriate, you address crisis situations to maintain order by verbally and physically intervening with disruptive, emotionally improper, and suicidal youth. You will be properly trained on how to use appropriate physical restraint techniques to prevent escapes, control aggressiveness, and to maintain a safe and secure environment is required. In addition, you provide guidance in social and emotional growth by role modeling values and ideals that elicit a genuine desire in court-adjudicated youth to change behaviors.
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