Part Time Brighter Day Counselor

Job Description

Job Description

ABOUT NEW CITY KIDS

New City Kids is a high energy, creative program for and with youth that trusts teens with leadership as they develop in four key areas : spiritual, leadership, academic and music.

It is a joyful place filled with laughter and hard work, and has an excellent staff of dedicated adults who love children.

We employ local high school students as interns to lead an excellent and unique music-focused after school center and summer camp for children ages 6-13, which provides a platform for a whole host of development opportunities for children.

As kids and teens engage New City Kids, they discover an invitation to begin a journey with Christ.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Brighter Day Counselor will lead a series of classes and small groups for the children and teen interns at New City Kids, which are trauma-informed, play-based, and directly address Adverse Childhood Experiences.

In Brighter Day, youth learn body safety and social-emotional skills in a safe, welcoming group or class setting, supporting and empowering one another through the group experience.

The Brighter Day Counselor will also provide individual mental health support and / or crisis intervention for children, teen interns and their families as needed.

The goal of Brighter Day is lifelong health and wellness for our youth, through body safety education, abuse prevention, and short term mental health support.

The Brighter Day Counselor will be trained to teach proven body safety and emotional skills, and support youth to process any challenging or traumatic experiences in families, schools and neighborhoods.

They will also partner with and encourage parents / guardians and school staff to seek out further mental health care for NCK youth as needed, through local referrals.

Using the Brighter Day curriculum (based in trauma-focused play therapy (TF-PT) and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) theories) the Counselor will provide 2 classes and 1 (evening) group per week.

Examples of class / group topics include : feelings identification and sharing, understanding physical and sexual abuse and neglect, identifying safe adults, loss and grief (immigration, deportation, incarceration), depression, anxiety & anger, dating and relationships, suicide / suicidal thoughts, pornography, LGBTQ and gender identity issues, relationships with parents / caregivers, managing stress and worry, domestic violence.

SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• For our ASC students : 2-4 rounds of 7-week body safety classes per semester, that meet once a week during regular after school NCK programming, teaching students body safety awareness and social and emotional skills.
• For our Teen Life Interns : 1-2 12-week support and psychoeducational evening group per week (normally same gender group) for any interested Teen Life Intern, fall and spring semesters.
• Crisis Intervention : as needed with NCK children, teens, and families

REQUIREMENTS

• Masters degree and drivers license required; Spanish language skills helpful (but not required)
• MSW, LSW, LLPC or LCSW
• Christian commitment mature person of Christian faith as defined by the Apostles Creed, with an active prayer life and church involvement, and aligned with New City Kids statement of faith : www.

newcitykids.org / statement -of-faith

• Dedicated team member flexible and willing to complete tasks that may fall outside ones job description, and able to make things happen without being micromanaged
• Emotional maturity self-aware, teachable, sensitive to and knowledgeable about cross-cultural issues, and able to wisely engage with youth living in challenging or traumatic environments
• Persistent pursues relationships even with difficult people with both a Christ-like insistence and gentleness / humility ;

pursues work goals to their completion in the face of challenges

Relational skillful listener, trustworthy, reliable, professional and mature role model for children and teens.

DETAILS

• Completes Brighter Day Training with : Brighter Day Director
• Supervisors : Brighter Day Director, On site : ED, Center Director, or other designated staff (designated by ED)
• FLSA Status : Non-exempt
• Compensation : $31 / hr
• Hours : 6 / wk minimum; 8-15 hrs / week flexible
• Start date : TBD
28 days ago