Family Counselor - Hayward, United States - City of Hayward

City of Hayward

Verified Company

Hayward, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Description:

DEADLINE TO APPLY:
First Review: 11:59PM on Sunday, June 2,
2024; Open Until Filled

THE DEPARTMENT:

The Youth and Family Services Bureau (YFSB) is a unique part of the Hayward Police Department where police officers and professional counselors work side by side offering a variety of services to the residents of Hayward.

For more than 40 years, YFSB has focused on helping families succeed at home, school and in the community.

YFSB seeks to strengthen the Hayward community through creating opportunities for kids to grow up in healthy and safe neighborhoods and schools.

The dedicated YFSB staff strives to reduce delinquency and crime through a range of services that address the specific needs of each family.

YFSB also offers a variety of prevention services that encourage youth to stay out of trouble and provide them with positive ways to engage with their peers and the community.

THE POSITION:

The City of Hayward is excited to announce its recruitment for the position of Family Counselor (Limited Term).

Under general direction, the Family Counselor provides crisis intervention, counseling, and referral services to youth, families, and individuals and performs other related duties as required, such as school based, case management, and gang prevention/intervention services.

This is a limited term position, meaning continued employment is dependent on ongoing funding for the program.

Funding has already been secured through FY2025 (June 30, 2025) and there is potential for the position to become permanent in FY2026.

You are:

Essential Duties:

What you will do:

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

Provides crisis intervention services to youth, families, individuals, and couples including but not limited to crises involving incorrigible youth, dependent children under the court's custody, domestic violence, first time offenders, and the hospitalization of individuals dangerous to self and others.

Provides counseling to youth, families, couples, individuals and groups.

Maintains crisis intake log, case files and service statistics.

Provides referral information to the public, and other agencies.

Participates in division, department, community and school meetings.

Provides support service, consultation and training to patrol officers on juvenile and mental health topics.

Provides case management services to youth and their families.

Provides school based services to students and their families, including consultation and training for school administrators and teachers, implementation of school climate initiatives, and coordination of site-based student support services.

Provides gang prevention and intervention services to at risk and gang involved youth and their families.

Maintains formal and informal liaison with mental health professionals and service providers including courts, schools, private therapists, hospitals, probation and other agencies.

Provides emergency psychological evaluation and recommendations.

Responds to critical incidents and other in-field emergency situations.

Performs related work as necessary.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Knowledge of:

The theory and principles of human development, particularly child development.
The theory and principles of social aspects of mental and emotional adjustment, including normal and abnormal behavior.
Principles, methods and current practices of crisis intervention and counseling, which includes interviewing techniques, assessment and treatment modalities.
Principles, methods and current practices of social casework.
The theory and principles of child abuse, elder abuse and domestic violence treatment.
The theory, principles and current practices of gang prevention and intervention.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V) system of diagnosis.
Community resources in the mental health and human services areas.

Ability to:

Perform crisis intervention and counseling services.
Establish effective and productive casework relationships with youth, families, and individuals.
Establish cooperative working relationships with police officers in the handling of crisis calls.
Establish cooperative working relationships with educators and school site personnel.
Work independently, make sound decisions and set priorities under stressful conditions.
Work collaboratively in the highly structured environment of a police department while maintaining accepted professional standards of clinical practice.
Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Maintain records, including statistics, and to prepare reports.
Work varied shifts.
Effectively manage time, meet deadlines and prioritize workload.