Title: Counselor

Summary:  

Serves as Counselor/Therapist for the Monroe County Youth Service Bureau with primary focus on Binkley House Emergency Youth Shelter.  Responsible for providing home-based and short-term intervention counseling for youths and their families, and providing training and group facilitation for youths, parents, volunteers, and community organizations. 

Must be able to serve in an on-call emergency counselor rotation & able to be onsite at YSB within 20 minutes of request. 

Must be able to provide some services on evening & weekends, or as needed.  Position is Full-Time 40 hours a week and exempt. 

 Qualifications: 

Master's degree in counseling or social work required.  Minimum 3 years prior experience with at-risk youth.  Licensed or license eligible in the state of Indiana.  Prior experience with Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strongly preferred. 

Kim Meyer, 2014 Journey Fellow

Centerpointe Community Based Services is focused on a continuum of care to ensure the most appropriate treatment in the least restrictive setting possible.  We offer a wide array of services and have a long standing presence in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.  The programs are based on the understanding that each child and family is unique and have individual strengths and needs that can be used in treatment to make each situation successful.

Seeking Therapists who want to make a meaningful difference... 

We are currently seeking full-time therapists who hold a Master's degree in counseling, clinical psychology, or social work for a home / community based program specializing in the treatment of behavioral issues, sexually maladaptive behaviors, trauma reduction, parent/child conflict, abuse, neglect and victim therapy.  The program allows for extensive training and professional growth.

Seeking individuals who want to make a meaningful difference... 
We are currently seeking individuals who hold a Bachelor's Degree in social work, psychology, counseling or other human service area along with three years of experience working with youth and/or families for this full time position.  The Care Coordinator / Case Manager is responsible for assisting in the completion of a comprehensive strengths-based assessment of the child and family needs and will work in full partnership with team members to develop the plan of care and oversee the implementation of the plan.

For full job posting including qualifications and contact information for those interested in applying please view and share the attached PDF.

Stephanie Lyons, 2011 Journey Fellow

College Mentors for Kids is hiring an Associate Director for Programming. The organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as a direct link to our campus-based mentor program and college student volunteers at our collegiate chapters. The associate director for programming is responsible for overseeing and ensuring program quality at the chapter level. This position is based out of our national office in Indianapolis.

You can view the job posting at http://www.collegementors.org/associate-director-for-programming-position-opening.

Interested applicants should send their cover letter, resume, available start date, and salary history to team@collegementors.org. The priority deadline to apply is April 14, 2014.

Julie Bowman, 2013 Journey Fellow

As part of our efforts to expand CIS across Indiana, the State Board is seeking to hire a Director of Development. You may know of someone who would be interested.  Please share the information below as you feel appropriate.  The job description and job notice are attached for your convenience. 

• Job Notice
• Job Description

Indianapolis, IN 

 VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Summer Program is a highly professional and rigorous volunteer service program through which national service members serve as full time volunteers in organizations for ten weeks year. VISTA projects focus on building permanent capacity and infrastructure in nonprofit and other organizations to help more effectively bring individuals and communities out of poverty. VISTA Summer Associates will serve from June 2, 2014 to August 8, 2014.

MCCOY is seeking high energy individuals who are passionate about helping children learn during the summer months by serving as Summer Learning Coaches in community based summer youth programs.  As an Americorps VISTA summer associate, you will work under the supervision and guidance  of agency staff to support fun learning activities, especially in reading and math, that will both prevent summer learning loss and promote academic growth.  In addition, you will have the chance to have fun, mentor young people, and have a summer experience you won't soon forget.  This is a 10 week commitment from June 2 - August 8.  Summer VISTAs receive a stipend of $2115 for the 10 week commitment as well as a choice of a $250 cash award or a $1200 education award at the successful conclusion of their term.  Training and orientation is provided.  

To apply, go to www.americorps.gov Where it says "Join Americorps" , click on children and youth as your interest area and Indiana as the state.  Look for the positions entitled "Academic Advocates for Summer Learning"  VISTA Summer Associates will be working in one of the summer youth agency programs of the Summer Youth Program Fund that are emphasizing learning activities in order to combat summer learning loss among children/youth.  The schedule is 40 hours a week, M-F is the schedule. No outside employment.

John Brandon, 2006 Journey Fellow