Student Assistance Counselor
On-site · Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Job Summary
Student Assistance Counselors provide prevention, early identification, assessment, intervention and referral of substance misuse and mental health problems in school settings; provide group services to children and teens who use substances, children of parents with substance use disorder and other vulnerable youth; deliver the Prevention Education Series, conduct time-limited individual and group sessions, and engage in school-wide awareness and parent/community programs. Responsibilities include referrals and follow-up, staff training on identification and referral to Student Assistance Program, psychosocial assessments, collaboration with administrators and faculty, crisis management, and maintaining confidentiality per state and federal guidelines. Bi-lingual Spanish is offered with a stipend; work schedule aligns with the school calendar year and involves working in Providence, RI, within Rhode Island school communities.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in behavioral health specialty: Social Work, Counseling or Psychology
- A minimum of 1-2 years supervised counseling experience with teens
- Knowledge of adolescent and child development
- Knowledge of alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and other drugs
- Ability to engage adolescents in individual, group, and classroom sessions
- Professional verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Computer competence using the Internet, Word, Excel
- Ability to learn electronic data collections systems required by funding sources
- Bi-lingual Spanish (stated as $2,500 stipend if hired at a qualifying school)
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