Amity Foundation

Nonprofit addiction treatment and reentry programs

Program Counselor 1

Community Outreach & ProgramsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timePine Grove, CA, USA$31.73 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

Counselor I must be registered with an organization approved by the California Department of Health Care Services and obtain Alcohol and Other Drug certification within five years of the registration date.
At least 50% of Program Counselors at the Youth Correctional Center must have at least one year of counseling, mentoring, or teaching experience with offenders.
The other Program Counselors must meet one of these criteria: certification in Alcohol and Other Drugs, substance use disorder counseling, or as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist; one year of professional counseling experience in a community organization or treatment center, including developing treatment and recovery plans, facilitating individual and group therapy sessions, monitoring treatment progress, and identifying behaviors that interfere with treatment and recovery; or a bachelor's degree in counseling from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

Provide effective services based on participant needs and maintain a therapeutic environment at the Youth Correctional Center.
Respond to and support participants’ needs, encourage their strengths and personal goals, and hold them accountable for their behavior.
Serve as a role model for participants and develop a treatment alliance that is consistent, confidential, collaborative, and individualized.
Advocate for participants within the Youth Correctional Center, the community, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the county juvenile justice system.
Participate in conflict resolution or mediation led by the Youth Correctional Center, as needed.
Help create an overall therapeutic environment in partnership with Youth Correctional Center staff.
Help develop participants’ identities and connections with their families and positive support communities.
Prepare to present curriculum and facilitate large and small groups, structured activities, and individual support; communicate with Youth Correctional Center staff; collect and submit data; and track attendance.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prefers Program Counselors who are formerly incarcerated or justice-involved and have demonstrated the ability to live productive, law-abiding lives since discharge from the criminal justice system.

Salary Range: 31.73 to 31.73 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-hour-wage)

Amity Foundation, an internationally acclaimed teaching and therapeutic community is seeking compassionate and enthusiastic individuals with a desire to teach, learn and join our community as, Program Counselor. With this groundbreaking opportunity not only will allow you to work with our prison programs helping the inmate population but will also enhance your training and experience in the field.

About Amity:

Amity Foundation is a safe place where people can change in an environment that fosters trust; where new values can be formed; responsibility developed, and lasting relationships built. Amity is dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, homelessness, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism and violence. Amity is committed to research, development implementation and dissemination of information regarding community building.

Remembrance, Resolution, Reconciliation, Restoration, Renewal

About the Position:

As Program Counselor you will support the community by delivering face-to-face rehabilitative programming services. The Program Counselor is responsible for implementing services of the PGYCC project.

What You Will Do:

The Program Counselor (PC) shall provide effective services based on participant needs and maintain a therapeutic environment at the YCC.
The PC shall be responsive to and supportive of participant’s needs, encouraging their strengths and personal goals while holding them accountable for their behavior.
PC shall serve as a role model for the participants, developing a treatment alliance that is consistent, confidential, collaborative, and individualized.
PC shall be a visible advocate for the participants within the YCC, the community, CDCR, and county juvenile justice system.
PC may participate in YCC led conflict resolution or mediation within the YCC community.
PC will participate in creating an overall therapeutic environment in partnership with YCC staff.
PC shall focus on developing the participant’s identity as well as connections with their family and positive support community.
The PC will need to be trained and prepared to present curriculum and facilitate large and small groups, structured activities, and individual support to participants, communicate effectively with the YCC staff, collect and submit data and track attendance.
Additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

Required:

Counselor I: Must be registered with an organization approved by DHCS and obtain their AOD certification within five (5) years of registration date.

At least fifty (50) percent of the PCs, at YCC, must have a minimum of one (1) year of experience in counseling, mentoring, or teaching experience with offenders.
The other PCs must meet one (1) of the following criteria:
a. Certification in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD), or as a substance use disorder Counselor or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, or
b. One (1) year of experience conducting professional counseling in a community organization or treatment center established for developing appropriate treatment and recovery plans; facilitating individual and group therapy sessions; monitoring patients over time to assess treatment progress, identifying behaviors that interfere with treatment and recovery; or
c. Bachelor’s degree in counseling from an accredited college or university.

Preferred:

CDCR prefers Amity (the Contractor) to hire PCs who are formerly incarcerated, or justice involved individuals who have demonstrated the ability to live productive and law-abiding lives since discharge from the criminal justice system.

What We Offer:

Medical, Dental, Vision.
Paid vacation, sick time, & holidays.
401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs
Organization committed to community action.
Community oriented workplace

$31.73 - $31.73 an hour

Full-Time

On-Site

Non-Exempt position.

About the Company

Amity Foundation

Nonprofit addiction treatment and reentry programs

Amity Foundation is a nonprofit that runs addiction treatment, housing, education and job programs for people affected by incarceration and addiction in California and Arizona. Its residential and prison programs work as teaching and therapeutic communities, where participants, called students, recover by living and learning together. Counselors treat substance use inside California state prisons in partnership with the state, and campuses in Los Angeles, Vista and Tucson offer residential treatment and housing. Government grants fund most of its work, and it also administers Los Angeles County grants for groups offering alternatives to incarceration. Amity traces its roots to 1969 in Tucson, Arizona, where it is headquartered.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $4M
Headquarters: Tucson, AZ
Founded: 1969

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