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Family Counselor - FPS

Acenda Integrated Health
place Belmar, 07719
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Full Time
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Spanish
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Gender Dysphoria
Aging
ECT
Families
Individuals

About Job

If you want to make a living by making a difference, join Acenda as an
Counselor Non-Exempt
Acenda Integrated Health is recruiting for a Family Counselor to support the Family Preservation Services in Wall Township, New Jersey.

As a non-profit organization, we are solely committed to our mission of moving lives forward. Acenda provides over 100 life-enhancing programs and services to individuals, families, and communities throughout New Jersey. By bringing together our bright teams, innovative services, and understanding, caring hearts, we as an organization are moving upward to move lives forward. We join together to provide a wide range of mental health, crisis services, parenting support, family-focused therapy, and residential programming.

Are you looking to build a career where you'll make a real impact in the lives of others? Your interest in mental health, human services, or related life experience is valuable to us! We welcome you to join our team of caring, passionate and motivated individuals as a Family Counselor. Acenda's expert team helps each individual, family and community move forward in their journey towards health and happiness.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide short-term, intensive, in-home counseling to 2 families at a time, each receiving a minimum of 5 hours of weekly face-to-face contact.
  • Teach, coach and model parenting skills and effective parent-child interactions and advocate and link families to concrete services and supports.
  • Work collaboratively with DCP&P and community service providers


Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in counseling or a related field with 1.5 years professional experience and a valid driver's license and insured vehicle.
  • Strong engaging, communication and collaboration skills and must demonstrate initiative, reliability and the ability to work well independently
  • Must be able to analyze work, set goals, develop plans and utilize time effectively and efficiently


Additional Information:
  • Hourly Rate: $20.19
  • Sign-on Bonus: $500
  • Bilingual Rate: $1.50 rate added if Spanish proficient


Acenda's Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Acenda Integrated Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Are you ready to join Team Acenda?

Join Team Acenda and enjoy the remarkable opportunity to make an impact on the lives of those living right here in our community! To learn more about Acenda, please visit our website:

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Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder
Gender Dysphoria

Issues

Aging

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Modalities

Families
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)

Settings

Residential
Faith-based organizations
In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Nursing Home
Private Practice
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Schools
Home Health/In-home
Long-Term Structured Residences
Military