Job: Family Counselor

Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc. is a leading Central Florida private, not-for-profit service organization dedicated to helping families. We are committed to working in partnership with families to establish and maintain a nurturing environment for children. We will collaborate within our communities to provide education, delinquency prevention/intervention, substance abuse prevention/intervention, mental health, and child welfare services.

This position is responsible for counseling children and their families using standard counseling techniques in a home-based service program under direct supervision of Program Director.

Masters Degree; 0-3 years post Masters clinical\counseling experience or Bachelor’s Degree; 4+ years post Bachelors experience directly in human services, preferably in counseling.

This professional must have special qualifications in Family Preservation of education/experience in working with children and foster/adoptive/natural families.

Must have knowledge of family systems, child abuse and child welfare issues.

This professional conducts crisis intervention and other assessments, prepares treatment plans; psycho-socials; assure clinical contract and regulatory compliance goals; provides case management and family intervention and counseling, provides home visits as appropriate.

Participates as part of county-wide rotating on-call team 24/7 to provide crises intervention, assessment, and family support intervention.