Bilingual Outreach Counselor

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Job Description

Job Description

Important Notice : Arlington County requires all applicants to thoroughly complete each section of the application, including prior job responsibilities, duties, and supplemental questions. While you may attach a resume, it will not replace a completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The Arlington County Juvenile and Domestic Relations (JDR) District Court Services Unit is seeking a Bilingual After-School Program Counselor (English / Spanish) to join our team!

The Girls' Outreach Program is a gender-specific program for adolescent females who are referred by schools, parents, and other child-serving agencies including the Court. The program, which begins immediately following school, provides a supervised, structured, and consistent environment for up to 10 girls. Staff provide academic support, emotional, and social skills support through group activities, psycho-educational groups, and social skills building. Girls' Outreach provides youth with consistency and structure while simultaneously providing them with empathy, support, and positive role modeling in a group program setting. The Outreach Counselor will play a vital role at the program by assisting full-time counselors in providing high-quality services to program clients and their families.

Responsibilities

Specific duties include :

• Supporting families by explaining program's practices, policies, procedures, and schedules as well as providing information to families about available resources, services, and programs within the community;
• Assisting with the development and delivery of educational programs, therapeutic interventions, and counseling meetings;
• Coordinating of and participating in multidisciplinary team and staff meetings;
• Ensuring supervision and program continuity when case managers are not present or available;
• Providing crisis intervention;
• Supervising study hall and preparing meals for clients;
• Providing transportation for clients;
• Meeting with parents to discuss youth's progress and needs and sharing information with program case managers;
• Performing administrative functions such as updating case files, program logs, incident reports, and other administrative functions as needed; and
• Serving as a language interpreter in meetings.

Ideal Candidate Description

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

Substitution : Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year for year basis.

Desirable Qualifications

Special Requirements

A pre-employment criminal record check will be conducted to include : National Crime Information Center (NCIC) check, Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN) background check, FBI fingerprints, and a Virginia Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Central Registry Search.

Please complete each section of the application including the supplemental questions. Your responses to the supplemental questions are required because they provide us with specific information necessary to evaluate your qualifications for this position. These responses are considered part of the selection process. A resume may be attached; however, it will not substitute for a completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Additional Information

Work hours : This is a part-time, temporary position which consists primarily of a 4-hour shift between 2 : 00 pm and 7 : 00 pm, Monday through Friday, during the school year. Alternate schedules are determined during summers and holidays but are generally 1 : 00-5 : 00 pm. The work schedule will be determined when the employee is hired, and work hours may change to support program needs.

This is a part-time, permanent position, with benefits [WJ1] .

This employee must be comfortable with driving a 15-passenger van to transport clients from school to appointments in the community, and for group outings.

The official title of this position is Group Home Counselor I.

For more information on Arlington's generous benefits and retirement plan, click here.

Arlington County is committed to advancing diversity, equity, access, and inclusion across all our services, activities, and programs . Learn more about our commitment.

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