Contractual Crisis Counselor

Job Description

Tazewell County Children's Advocacy Center

Position Title: Crisis Counselor (Contractual, Part time)

Qualifications: Master's Degree in counseling or related field, with licensure at the LCPC/LCSW level. Must have or be willing to obtain certification in evidence based trauma focused cognitive behavioral treatment, trauma and trauma-informed care.

Position Description: Provides crisis counseling and short-term counseling services to child victims of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, child human trafficking, and their non-offending family members, as needed in order to reduce the emotional trauma to child victims and their supportive family members to facilitate the healing process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide trauma focused therapy including assessment, treatment, referral and ongoing support to child abuse victims and their non-offending caregivers.

Participate as an active multidisciplinary team member in monthly case review meetings

Provide emotional support as needed

Provide education to multidisciplinary on the effects of trauma

Ongoing continuing education in the field of child abuse

Carry liability insurance

Reports to: Executive Director

Tazewell County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE – race/color/religion/sex/Sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability

Part-time