Transitional Counselor

**Transitional Counselor - Direct Care Provider - All Shifts - Evening and Overnight priority -**

**St. Teresa of Calcutta Bartlett IL 60103**

**Overnight Over 9:30pm - 7:30 am - 4 Ten-hour shifts**

**Evenings - 3 pm to 11 pm**

**Days - 7 am to 3 pm**

Maryville Academy has openings on all shifts for full-time Direct Care Providers to work in the Transitional Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth in Bartlett.

Yearly range: $43,000 - 45,000 eligible for overtime

**Must possess valid Illinois Driver's License**

**Must be over the age of 21**

**About Maryville Academy**

Since 1883, Maryville has been committed to providing protection and guidance to children. As the world has changed, so have the needs of the families and children we serve. Maryville has adapted by focusing on our community’s most critical issues. Today, our range of programs includes residential care, mental health services, healthcare and family support services, as well as a variety of educational and youth development offerings. Maryville’s mission is to help children and families to reach their fullest potential by empowering intellectual, spiritual, moral and emotional growth.

**About the Transitional Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth**

The Transitional Program for Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) Involved Youth provides residential and support services to young women under the age of 21 to help them successfully transition from the Juvenile Justice System to life in the community.

**About the Direct Care Provider Position**

Responsible for direct service to Transitional IDJJ Program youth in a residential setting. The Direct Care Provider will work with youth to reduce verbal/physical aggression towards self/others, reduce criminal activity, increase compliance with societal and programmatic rules, reduce mental illness symptoms (and psychiatric hospitalizations), and increase empathetic understanding as evidenced by therapeutic compliance and participation in individual and group therapy. The overall goal is to maximize youth’s likelihood of successful transition to a less restrictive alternative and community re-integration.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**:

- Follows all Maryville’s policies and procedures as well as all standard operating procedures for the Transitional IDJJ Program;
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of restorative justice and implements those principles in daily interactions with youth in the Program;
- Supervises youth utilizing the principles of the ARC model of trauma-informed care;
- Guides youth in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems - teaching life skills, independent living skills and vocational and job readiness skills;
- Facilitates youth engagement in their treatment process, promoting positive attitudes, skills and coping mechanisms to encourage on-going recovery and community re-integration;
- Prepares all required treatment records and reports in a timely fashion (including but not limited to, Medicaid services in compliance with Rule 132 requirements, Unusual Incident Reports and program logs);
- Monitors youth’s self-administration of medication, as needed;
- Plans, organizes or leads structured programs of work, recreation or social activities for the youth;
- Performs crisis interventions with youth using Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) techniques when required.
- Participates in individual and treatment team meetings and offers viable clinical input facilitating informed decisions concerning programming and client care;
- Fully understands treatment goals of the program and applies Maryville treatment paradigms, resources and materials to achieve positive client outcome;
- Possesses a valid Driver’s License in compliance with the driving standards as identified on Form CFS-671. Able to drive a passenger van and transport youth;
- Performs other duties / functions as requested by supervisory personnel.

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:
**Education/Experience**:

- **Possess a valid Illinois Driver’s License**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services field, preferred
- OR bachelor's degree in one of the fields referenced in Rule 132 or any other field with 2 years of supervised clinical experience in a mental health setting.
- OR High School Diploma with minimum of 5 years' work with children with behavioral and mental health issues.
- **Must be over 21 years of age**

**Skills /Knowledge**:

- Successful completion of all staff education requirements including:

- Pre-Service training, training in NCI and CPR, and Maryville Model of Care;
- Ability to maintain healthy and appropriate treatment boundaries;
- Ability to monitor safety, demonstrate group management skills and effectively deescalate potentially volatile situations;
- Facilitates group counselling/ skills training sessions assisting youth in skill development in specific target areas