Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for FAMILY SUPPORT COUNSELOR

Location: Auburn, NY - Cayuga County

• This is a temporary to possibly permanent position*

$60,500 - $64,500/annually

Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong/life-changing relationships and avoid hospitalization or placement. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth and families!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

About the Program and the Family Support Counselor Position:
Share our belief that we all have the ability to change by using a strengths-based approach to help stabilize families involved in the child welfare system.

Our Family Support Program (FSP) serves families that have a child/children at risk of foster care placement or are in need of an intensive program. This program runs for 4-6 months with 1-2 clinician meetings a week. The goal of the program is to reduce the risk of removal, and reduce the involvement of Child Protective Services in a family's life. Our clinicians work with families to help build skills to increase positive interactions in the home and in the community. The program offers a wide range of services that are customized to support the family's needs.
How you get to use your skills as a Family Support Counselor…

• Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing various therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice, which heavily include solution-focused therapy
• Modeling and teaching basic life skills to empower individuals and families to become self-sufficient
• Become a primary support in helping families to develop preventative and responsive skills to crisis
• Serve as a leader in collaborative efforts to develop an individualized service plan that will drive the provision of Resiliency services and deliver in a manner that is trauma-informed and strengths-based
• Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture

• Bachelor’s Degree with:
• Three years applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice, or other related human services field and certification in an Evidence-Based Practice. Must be actively enrolled in relevant Master’s Degree program - Required
• Masters in Human Services or related field - required. Masters in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, or Creative Art Therapy - preferred
• Experience working with children and families in a community-based or “in-home” setting
• Knowledge of the child welfare system
• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
• Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning

• Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
• Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
• Lifting up to 50 pounds
• Time driving and/or taking public transportation to conduct client and family visits

Exempt

• We are looking for an applicant who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule.
• Full time: 40-hour-a-week position with rotating on-call responsibilities.

Why Cayuga Centers?

• Certified Great Place to Work ®
• Silver Recipient 2024 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation
• Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
• Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
• Committed to employee professional development and advancement
• We embrace change, innovation and opportunities
• Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
• Large and growing national footprint

• 120 hours Vacation
• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Pet and Legal insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
• 401(k) match up to 6%
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection