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Job Title:

Full Time Youth Counselor

Division/Program:

(Children/Youth Inpatient) Psychiatric Health Facility

Starting Compensation:

17.11 - 19.00 USD Per Hour

Working Location:

Bakersfield, CA

Working Hours/Shift:

3 day/12 hour work schedule 6am-630pm or 6pm-630am

What SBHG brings to you (benefits):

• Competitive compensation
• Company paid benefits package including medical, dental and vision and many other voluntary benefits for employees
• Generous vacation and holiday pay
• On the job training including paid CEU opportunities and career development
• AMFT, ACSW and APCCs receive supervision for BBS hours (when applicable)
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What you bring to SBHG:

• High School diploma or equivalent (e.g. GED, HiSET, etc.) required.
• (1) year experience with seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents preferred.
• Valid California Driver's License, required

How you will make a difference:

• Supervise, protect, and care for adolescent clients individually and in groups.
• Promote and assist adolescents with self-help skills in the areas of eating, hygiene and grooming, positive behaviors, social interactions with peers, and planned group activities.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and care of children, including assistance with activities of daily living, personal care, planned activities, and school.
• Conducts or assists both large and small activity groups. Assist adolescents in both large and small activity groups, encouraging appropriate behavior and providing feedback to adolescents.
• Perform documentation that records adolescents daily activities and behaviors.
• Attend and participate in shift rounds, change of shift meetings, and treatment team meetings as scheduled

Division/Program Overview:

• 24/7 inpatient involuntary program
• 16-bed facility for acute youth (ages 5-17)
• Intensive treatment programs with individualized care plans
• Available for contracting Central Valley counties
• Moves clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization and linkage to resources and aftercare