COUNSELOR JUVENILE FAMILY CRISIS INTERVENTION
Counselor Juvenile Family Crisis Intervention is a local-government title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Candidates need a bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience.
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Counselor Juvenile Family Crisis Intervention 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.
Definition
Under direction provides juveniles and their families with counseling, guidance, or referral assistance to stabilize the immediate juvenile-family crisis and to ameliorate interfamilial crisis-provoking conditions and divert the juvenile-family crisis from court proceedings; does other related work.
Examples of work
- Responds immediately to referrals, complaints, or other information regarding a possible juvenile-family crisis; interviews concerned parties and obtains necessary information and assesses situation.
- Provides guidance and counseling to juveniles and families during crisis intervention.
- Refers non-crisis situations to appropriate agency.
- Conducts on-site visits to access and stabilize the situation.
- Monitors and reassesses stabilized situations.
- Refers cases involving espousal abuse or suspected child abuse or neglect to appropriate agency.
- Attempts to develop a consensual alternative living arrangement for a juvenile involved in a crisis situation when warranted.
- Refers cases to the court for adjudication or out-of-home placement when the crisis is not abated despite intervention services.
- Makes arrangements to meet with the family to assess the nature of the problem and identify needed services.
- Prepares a family agreement plan which may include referrals to appropriate counseling, additional follow-up diagnostic work, identification of other services.
- Monitors family agreement plans to determine that terms and conditions are met.
- Receives referrals from a variety of sources for crisis intervention.
- Prepares reports and maintains files and records.
- Provides crisis intervention data and other information as requested to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in one of the behavioral sciences.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience providing guidance and counseling to youth and their families.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the techniques used to counsel individuals exhibiting emotional or behavioral problems.
- Knowledge of interviewing techniques.
- Knowledge of community services and agencies likely needed for juvenile-family crisis intervention.
- Knowledge of the crisis counseling methods and techniques.
- Knowledge of the social, economic and other factors responsible for juvenile-family crisis situations.
- Knowledge of the family court system.
- Knowledge of traditional role of the family and the problems encountered when family relationships deviate from this traditional role.
- Knowledge of the signs of child abuse or neglect.
- Ability to assess crisis situations involving youth and families.
- Ability to provide guidance and counseling.
- Ability to identify the social and other services needed by clients involved in crisis counseling.
- Ability to select appropriate resources for supplemental or substitute family care and providing services related to their use.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those interested or involved in the work of the program.
- Ability to develop and monitor family agreement plans.
- Ability to collect and analyze information about individuals and families and assess problems.
- Ability to identify and define family problems.
- Ability to effectively communicate with individuals of varying backgrounds.
- Ability to establish and maintain records and files.
- Ability to conduct on-site visits and interviews.
- Ability to establish effective therapeutic relationships with clients.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
A Master's Degree in one of the behavioral sciences may be substituted for the educational requirement.
A Master's degree in one of the behavioral sciences may be substituted for one (1) year of experience when not utilized to fulfill the educational requirement.