Bilingual Youth Counselor

18 hours ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Youth Guidance Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Bilingual BAM Counselor to join our team at Youth Guidance. The successful candidate will be responsible for guiding young male identifying youth in grades 7 – 12 to learn, internalize, and practice social skills, make responsible decisions for their future, and become positive members of their school and community.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with BAM Program Supervisor, Curriculum Specialist, and school administration to identify, recruit and build relationships with up to 60 school-based youth to participate in the BAM.
  • Lead and facilitate 4 – 5 weekly BAM groups during the school day, utilizing youth engagement, clinical counseling, and men's rites of passages skills.
  • Provide individualized support to all BAM participants, and provide individual, family, and crisis counseling sessions to students on an as-needed basis.
  • Participate in monthly staff development training and team meetings on the evidence-based BAM curriculum and other topics relevant to working with youth.
  • Document all interactions with youth, including group and individual case notes, clinical assessments, brief encounters, special events, program consents, pre/post surveys, and monthly program narratives based on program protocol.
  • Work jointly with BAM Regional Manager and Leadership staff to manage an annual program budget to plan and execute field trips and special events for students throughout the school year and summer.
  • Collaborate with school administration, teachers, and other Youth Guidance programs to provide, and participate in professional development sessions.
  • Collaborate and/or coordinate services with the Local School Council, Youth Guidance Parent Family Engagement team, and school-parent engagement team.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree from an approved accredited university and a minimum of two years of youth engagement experience.
  • A master's degree in social work, counseling or a related human service field from an approved accredited university and one year of youth engagement experience preferred.
  • Minimum of two years of experience providing supervised group counseling.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bilingual in Spanish.
  • Knowledge of advanced psychological concepts (e.g. CBT, Clinical Processing, Modeling and Group Development).
  • Ability to commit to working in at-risk environments.
  • Ability to commit to the continuous improvement of service quality and the organization's mission.
  • Effective communication skills: Written and verbal.
  • Ability to function well in group and team settings.
  • Ability to demonstrate interpersonal skills that excel in cultural sensitivity and respect for differences.
  • Willingness to occasionally participate in youth sports activities.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products (outlook, word, excel, power point).
What We Offer
  • A hiring bonus of $250 for part-time and $750 for full-time.
  • A retention bonus of $250 after 90 days of continuous service.
  • A competitive benefit package.
  • If you are pursuing your social services licensure, we can help you by providing licensure test study support. Licensing test reimbursement. Assistance in attaining licensure supervision hours.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

We understand that diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are fundamental to realizing our vision of bright and successful futures for all young people. We celebrate the diversity of youth and staff and recognize them as empowered leaders, problem-solvers, and experts of their own experiences. At the same time, we acknowledge that many systems and institutions meant to support youth and staff are inequitable and unjust.

We are committed to advancing DEIB through our words and our actions, both internally and externally, by:

  • Strengthening cultural competence as well as policies, practices, and organizational structures that foster belonging and leverage the unique backgrounds and talents of staff;
  • Offering youth-centered programs that are accessible and responsive to people from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, language, and cultural and religious beliefs and practices;
  • Influencing systems that youth, their families, staff, and communities are impacted by, such as schools, organizational networks, governmental bodies, researchers, and the funding community, to apply approaches that embrace DEIB in addressing the needs and supporting the aspirations of young people and those around them.

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