Pace Center for Girls, Collier at Immokalee has 3 social services positions available (Therapist, Intake Transition Counselor, Intake Transition Counselor Spanish speaking). Please apply online or contact Jama Thurman, Reach Program Coordinator (jama.thurman@pacecenter.org, 239-842-5406) with questions.
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Position
Overview: The Therapist role provides prevention, diversion, and
early intervention services to girls. This position is aimed at helping girls
decrease risk-related behaviors by using gender-responsive, trauma-informed,
and strength-based programming. In addition, the Therapist provides girls the
opportunity to elevate their voices and achieve their potential, by celebrating
a life defined by responsibility, dignity, serenity and grace.
Role and
Responsibilities:
- Increase girls’ resiliency and protective factors by
improving relationships, increasing self-efficacy, and encouraging
self-advocacy
- Support girls in making decisions that will lead to
productive, fulfilling, and healthy lives
- Address risk factors using holistic assessment, goal
setting, and care plan development
- Utilize the Transtheoretical Model of Change,
considering any history of trauma and leveraging girls’ strengths
- Provide weekly therapy services to girls using
evidenced-based and research-informed therapeutic interventions
- Provide monthly family support/counseling with
parents/guardians to encourage girl progression in the change process
- Provide solution-focused counseling approaches toward
the resolution of risk factors for substance abuse following the standards
of the Florida Administrative Codes Chapter 65D-30
- Provide crisis intervention as warranted, including
risk assessments and family support
- Engage in care review meetings for girls served and
provide education to the care planning team
- Collaborate with outside entities and community
providers involved in girl’s care, make referrals as appropriate, and
advocate for needed resources
- Facilitates family sessions and works with the girls’
natural support systems
- Conduct psycho-educational and therapy groups that are
girl-centered, focusing on social-emotional and life skill development
- Provide advocacy within the community by attending
conferences and public speaking events
- Provide care management services, including
transportation services when needed
- Review eligibility requirements for girls entering the
program, complete enrollment paperwork, biopsychosocial assessments,
screening tools, care plans and transition plans
- Contribute positively toward programmatic outcomes and
the collection of data to support the change process of girls
Requirements
Qualifications
and Education Requirements:
Required
- Master’s degree required with a major in Social Work,
Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or
related field required
- Minimum five years’ experience required preferably
working with at-risk youth
- Current Florida driver’s license required
- Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and
Family Therapist or Clinical Social Worker or meet licensing eligibility
as a registered intern
- Knowledge of case management and community behavioral
health practices
- Experience using personal computers and basic office
equipment required
- Knowledge of laws relating to children and families preferred
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Intake-Transition
Counselor (two positions, one Spanish-speaking)
Position
Overview: This position is responsible for providing intake
aftercare/follow-up services to girls that are enrolling and transitioning of
the Pace Program.
Role and
Responsibilities
- Serves as first contact to families and girls who are
considering the Pace program.
- Conducts preliminary needs assessment and works with
intake team to determine the appropriateness of placement of girls into
the Pace program.
- Compiles documentation for intake as required by
policy.
- Participates in the intake interview to assess the
needs of each girl and family, collaborates wit the intake team.
- Shares responsibility for maintaining center census.
- Represents Pace to referral sources.
- Facilitates orientation process for new girls entering
the Pace program.
- Participates in internship fairs to generate interest
in Pace.
- Participates in care review meetings before girl is
discharged to plan for ongoing transitional care management.
- Coordinates aftercare services for girls and monitors,
supervises and records progress while participating in transition
services.
- Provides aftercare service information to the girls,
caregivers and next placement after the discharge-planning meeting.
- Continues to educate and reinforce goals of individual
and community responsibility.
- Provides career counseling and assistance to girls in
the initiation of job interviews, job placement, and intervention when a
job is lost; provides resource materials.
- Participates in family conferences as needed.
- Establishes positive relationships with outside
agencies and makes resources available to all girls.
- Monitors and records the progress of girls from intake
through transition and into life roles for a period of three years;
documents all areas of progress assessment in accordance with Pace Center
Standards and regulatory agencies.
- Plans support groups to discuss the needs of girls who
have transitioned.
- Coordinates intervention with program counselor and/or
appropriate referral agencies.
- Constantly evaluates progress of goals and reevaluates
long/short term goals of girls in the transition program.
Qualifications
and Education Requirements
Required
- Masters Degree from four-year College or
University. Major in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health,
Counseling or a related field
- Minimum three years prior experience
- Knowledge of case management practices and excellent
counseling skills and crisis management skills
- Minimum experience using personal computers and basic
office equipment
- Current Florida driver’s license
