SUPERVISOR OF FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELING
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New Jersey treats Supervisor of Family and Neighborhood Counseling as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
The minimum is a bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience.
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Supervisor of Family and Neighborhood Counseling is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Examples of work
- Plans, organizes, directs and is responsible for the proper functioning of a unit designed to resolve individual and family problems which may have otherwise resulted in the filing of a criminal complaint.
- Establishes operating budget for unit.
- Conducts in-service training for staff members in proper counseling techniques. Develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with other agencies.
- Conducts and participates in hearings where the parties involved attempt to resolve problems through open and frank discussions.
- May instruct and advise staff in handling difficult cases. Maintains close contact with court officials on clients referred. Makes necessary work assignments to staff.
- Prepares or directs the preparation of necessary reports.
- Directs the establishment of necessary records and files.
Education
Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major course of study in sociology or psychology or counseling or guidance or social work.
Experience
Two years of experience in work involving the analysis of problems of social and/or emotional adjustment, and the use of consultation and guidance methods in resolving such problems, one year of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
Note
Possession of a master's degree in counseling or guidance or psychology or sociology or social work from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the non-supervisory work experience described.
<b>KNOWLEDGE</b>
Wide knowledge of:
The laws and procedures relating to family counseling work.
The causes and factors tending to social maladjustment.
The preparation of clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
ABILITY
Ability to:
Ability to read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of the position. Communication may include such forms as American Sign Language or braille.
Organize and develop effective procedures.
Issue necessary work assignments to staff.
Instruct and train staff members, review and evaluate their job performance.
Analyze and interpret the laws, rules, regulations, standards, and procedures relating to family counseling work and to apply them to specific cases,
Collect, analyze, and interpret extensive data relating to family counseling work.
Work harmoniously with associates and that part of the public concerned with family counseling work.
Apply modern nontherapeutic counseling techniques and in resolving the social and behavioral problems of clients.
Prepare clear, sound, accurate and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
To keep needed records and files.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as Jong as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations' If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.