Mental Health Counselor - 2023253

Role & Responsibilities

• Work with the Counseling Center Director to develop new program components such as group activities and evaluate and enhance quality of services
• Collaborate effectively with other community organizations and county services to establish a continuity of counseling services
• Conduct intake and diagnostic assessments with adult clients
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Share skills, knowledge development and experience with multi-disciplinary team
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality
• Maintain case files and notes of client progress, and complete all mandatory paperwork thoroughly, accurately, and in a timely manner
• Provide crisis intervention as needed
• Provide treatment and therapy contextualized to client goals & cultural background
• Work with clients to develop individualized treatment plans with goals and objectives
• Work with other WR team members & external partners to offer culturally and linguistically appropriate wellness sessions & psycho-educational workshops that promote overall well-being
• Establish positive and trusting relationships
• Regularly participate in internal & external training to ensure service quality standards
• Continually assess client situations and provide appropriate ongoing treatment

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to adapt therapeutic approach to client’s cultural context
• Adaptability and eagerness to work in a challenging, fluid and often changing environment
• Experience using trauma-informed principles and building on the strengths and resilience of clients during treatment
• Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint a plus
• Ability to build rapport quickly with others, especially across cultural and linguistic divides
• Strong interpersonal communication and active listening skills
• Experience facilitating therapy groups a plus
• 2+ years of clinical experience with adults strongly preferred
• Fluency in one of the following languages strongly preferred: Spanish, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Pashto, Swahili
• Learning orientation and a desire to pursue training, learn new treatments, and proactively seek out information to improve therapeutic approach
• Good problem solving and creative thinking skills

Requirements

• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Proficiency with using telehealth platforms and moderate computer literacy & typing skills
• Licensed or license eligible in the state of IL (such as LPC, LCPC, LSW, LCSW, LMFT)
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or other relevant behavioral health field
• Mature and personal Christian faith

• Dental
• Medical

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays!
• Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
• Paid Sick and Vacation Time
• FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
• Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
• Vision
• Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)

• Long Term & Short-term Disability
• Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Long Distance Travel Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Eligibility: Full Time is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
• 401K & Roth

• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Working Advantage Discount Program
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
• Verizon

• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.

• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
• General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
• Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.