Are you ready to work for an employer that truly values your contributions and well-being?
At Family Services, we believe in caring for our team as much as we care for the individuals, children, and families we serve. Join our mission-driven organization, where your work makes a meaningful impact on the community every day.
About Family Services
Family Services is a nonprofit organization committed to Protecting, Healing, and Caring for children and families across Northeast Wisconsin. We provide vital support during life's most challenging moments, helping individuals heal, grow, and thrive.
We're Hiring!
We are seeking Crisis Counselors to join our team. This full-time position is responsible for providing 24-hour counseling services for consumers in need of emergency mental health services. Services include assessment of consumer functioning and implementation of appropriate short term treatment plans developed in tandem with consumers and designed to meet consumer short term physical and mental health needs. The Crisis Counselor works cooperatively with other community professionals to maintain consumer safety through assessments for general mental health, suicide, homicide, and ability to care for self.
Shifts available:
- Overnight 7pm-6am
- Working a 2-2-3 rotation
- Only working 7 days in a two week pay period
- Every other weekend off
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between the consumer and other service organizations in providing and receiving referrals.
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention services.
- Assess consumer mental health status and coordinate emergency services.
- To assess for and implement Chapter 55 Protective Placements and subsequent placement at appropriate facilities when necessary after normal business hours for county Adult Protective Services.
Qualifications
Education:
- Required:Bachelor's degree in mental health or human service related field
Experience:
- Extensive training is provided for new hires, so new graduates are encouraged to apply.
Skills and Competencies:
- A working knowledge of human growth and development, mental health, adolescent psychology, marital and family structure, and the impact of the environment on individual behavior.
- Time management skills and the ability to meet work demands on a moderately independent basis.
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships within and outside the agency in a professional manner.
- Ability to evaluate one's own performance, capabilities, and limitations with reasonable accuracy.
- Valid Wisconsin Driver's License with reliable personal vehicle. Maintain required auto insurance and acceptable driving record requirements.
Why Join Us?
Family Services offers a supportive and collaborative work environment where you can make a meaningful impact every day and help advance our mission to Protect, Heal, and Care.
Enjoy a $3/hour shift differential while working 2nd, 3rd and all weekend shifts.
Clinical hours and supervision towards LCSW or LPC licensure can be provided.
Family Services offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees' well-being, including medical, dental, vision, and supplemental benefit insurance, paid time off, vacation pay, paid holidays, retirement savings, and opportunities for professional development.
We also prioritize work-life harmony and offer a variety of perks to enhance employee experience.
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Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin Inc.
In collaboration with others, the mission of Family Service is to provide quality programs and services, which effectively assist and strengthen individuals and families in our community.
Family Service provides more than 5,000,000 meals each year through a USDA food program in 85 Nebraska counties. This program feeds almost 21,000 children in more than 1,312 licensed home child-care facilities.
Family Service delivers the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program to 3,000 people in Lancaster County each month. Services include nutrition and breast feeding education as well as formula, milk and other staples.
Family Service cares for more than 1,700 children who take part in our child care and early childhood programs based in 20 Lincoln Public Schools.
Family Service counsels families and individuals with behavioral health sessions at 13 specific local schools.
Family Service partners with a variety of federal, state, local and non-profit agencies to make available a number of other innovative programs to assist Nebraska families.
Family Service Early Childhood and Youth Development programs granted over $694,000 in free and reduced rate scholarships to children during 2011-2012 school year.
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