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Children’s Advantage (formerly Portage County Children's Services) provides child-centered, family-focused community-based services. Our mission is to promote the healthy development of children and families through quality behavioral, mental health, and substance use prevention and treatment services, community partnerships and advocacy.

Children's Advantage has immediate openings for full-time Counselors or Therapists in our School-Based and Outpatient services departments. We offer a competitive salary, impressive benefits package and generous time off.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree, LSW/LPC; Master’s Degree, LISW/LPCC preferred.

Come grow with us and help make a difference in the lives of children and families in Portage County!

Benefits for Full Time School Based or Full Time Outpatient Counselors or Therapists include:

• Healthcare paid at 87% for you and your family after 30 days.
• 100% Vision Insurance coverage for you and your family after 30 days.
• 100% Dental Insurance coverage for you and your family after 30 days.
• Life insurance equal to one year's salary.
• Vacation time accrued each paycheck to equal 3 weeks each year.
• Sick time accrued each paycheck to equal 12 days a year.
• Ten paid holidays.
• Two Floating Holidays
• Sign-on Bonus
• Biannual staff appreciation days

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Interviews and completes psychosocial intake diagnostic assessments with children and families.

• Counsels clients after selecting therapeutic approach to use with individuals, families and/or groups with clearly established measurable goals/objectives, frequency, intensity, location and duration of treatment.

• Provides therapeutic interventions both in and out of client’s home on a planned and/or emergency basis to: effect improved mental health adjustments, aid clients to mobilize inner strengths and environmental/social resources to improve social functioning, and serve hard to reach or resistant clients and families.

• Outpatient Therapists may provide school consultation services.

• CPST responsibility as delegated by primary case manager.

• If qualified, may administer and interpret intelligence, achievement, interest, personality and other psychological test to diagnose disorders and formulate plans of treatment.

Qualified Outpatient Therapist applicants will receive consideration for contract work/employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. E.O.E. Persons with a disability can request an accommodation to complete the application process by calling HR at 330-296-5552.

Send your resume to: Children’s Advantage, Attn: Human Resources 771 N. Freedom Street, Ravenna OH 44266 or via email to hr@childrensadvantage.org

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