What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Counselor position at Human Learning Systems?
The Career Counselor position provides support for a U.S Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. The Job Corps program is a federally funded residential training program. The mission of the Job Corps is to provide career-ready technical and academic training and job placement assistance to program-eligible youth ages 16-24.
Summary of Duties:
Responsible for planning, coordinating, developing and implementing a professional, personal, social development and career counseling program for assigned students.
Significant Responsibilities:
- Provides career counseling services to students.
- Provides individual and group counseling sessions.
- Communicates progress information to student's family and aids in solving problems related to transition and adjustment to Job Corps.
- Provides crisis counseling, including pregnancy counseling.
- Discusses sexual harassment and fraternization policy with students and counsels behavior as needed.
- Develops counseling plan to address student's negative behaviors and a plan to reward positive behavior.
- Maintains contact with all students who are in AWOL status and does everything to retrieve them from AWOL.
- Bachelor's Degree with at least 15 semester hours of instruction in Social Services related area.
- One year's experience in counseling related services.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Human Learning Systems and Quentin Burdick Job Corps provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. HLS and Quentin Burdick Job Corps also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws.
