Social Work Counselor Jobs in Iowa

Job Title: Admissions Counselor/Career Transition Specialist Company: Location: Des Moines, IA Description: Function Reports to the State Coordinators for OA and CTS, respectively. Responsible for outreach and admissions services and career transition services for students in compliance with government and management directives. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Performs outreach and admissions services, as required, within an assigned territory. 2. Recommend advertising for recruitment. 3. Ensure that all applicants/students arrive safely on the assigned Center by following established OMG procedures. 4. Provide Job Corps career orientation and overall Job Corps program orientation to prospective students. 5. Collect and verify all required applicant documentation to determine eligibility for Job Corps. 6.. Ensure student acceptance into the program 7. Actively be involved with students and Centers being served on achieving good case management by demonstrating good student retention. 8. Establish personal contact with referral source agencies, organizations and community support organizations. 9. Conduct at least five face-to-face visits and five new outreach contacts each month and maintain ten linkage contacts each month. 10. Provide follow-up on all prospective students awaiting assignment and ensure that students maintain their interest in the program. 11. Maintain active follow-up with enrollees after enrollment to monitor 30 and 60 day performance. Be actively involved in the students? Career Preparation Period through regular contacts and visits, when feasible. 12. Conduct tours of the Centers with individuals and/or groups. 13. Ensure students assigned to Job Corps Center prior to graduation are provided quality career placement efforts resulting in job attachment. 14. Acts as liaison with Contract CTS and Center Placement staff to place students prior to separation. 15. Establish personal contact with prospective area employers to expand job development efforts for employment opportunities. Maintain contact with at least five employers per month. 16. Conduct employment skills training classes on interviewing. Maintain record of participant progress through employment skills training. 17. Assist participants in focusing on their occupational preferences through interest/ability assessments. 18. Arrange for job interviews for students. 19. Provide job development services for specific, assigned occupational clusters. 20. Assist students with transitional services, i.e., housing, transportation, personal services. 21. Provide continuous follow-up with all terminated students. 22. Develop and monitor on-the-job training contracts. 23. Comply with the Quality Assurance Plan and ensure that data integrity is upheld. 24. Conduct at least ten on-site visits with employers each month. 25. Clearly communicate and consistently model appropriate employability skills including personal responsibility and computer fluency. 26. Maintain accountability of property, adheres to safety practices, and performs safety inspections in the area of responsibility. 27. Performs other duties, as assigned. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: ? Bachelor?s degree preferred or four years of related experience. ? One year experience in sales, marketing, or counseling related services. ? Ability to interact with employers and program participants. ? Knowledge of existing federal, state and local government legislation governing the hiring of employees. ? Possess job placement skills. ? Ability to establish liaisons and interact with private and public agencies. ? Ability to document placement activities/services provided in accurate manner. ? Ability to interact cooperatively with admissions staff to assist in providing adequate information to ensure quality placement as goal. ? Ability to interact with individuals from economically and socially diverse backgrounds. ? Ability to create and maintain database files on integrated computer system. ? Valid driver license and personal automobile insurance coverage in state assigned. ***Please send resume and cover letter to Register to View ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE!

Job Title: SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR Company: SIEDA Location: Ottumwa, IA Description: SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR SIEDA has an opening for an outpatient substance abuse counselor to provide assessments, individual and group counseling, and treatment planning. Requires a degree in a human services field; certification from the Iowa Board of Certification required within a year of employment. Experience with adolescents, mental health, or offenders helpful. Comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, life and IPERS offered. E.O.E. Submit cover letter and resume to: Division Director, SIEDA Substance Abuse Services, PO Box 658, Ottumwa, IA 52501; Register to View This listing brought to you by The Ottumwa Courier

Job Title: Residential Education Counselor Company: Location: Dubuque, IA Description: Hillcrest Family Services is currently seeking a full-time Counselor to work in our Residential Education program. A bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or related field plus relevant experience is required. Master's degree is preferred. Experience working with adolescents who are suffering from sexualized issues, or are sex offenders is strongly preferred. Ability to drive agency vehicles is required. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. National Career Readiness Certificate preferred. EOE/AA. The Counselor meets with clients in individual counseling sessions in accordance. Maintains a complete and updated clinical record for each client, making all efforts to obtain all pertinent clinical, medical, educational and legal reports, meeting all standards and policies. Increase staff awareness of individual dynamics by making log entries of all contact with client, families or collateral contacts. Attends school conferences, re-entry meetings or other scheduled school meetings. Coordinates home visit arrangements. Serves as a liaison with community agencies and other agency personnel involved in a client?s treatment, including referral sources. Coordinates contacts with other involved agencies such as Substance Abuse Center, private psychologists, community or Hillcrest health providers. Provides on-call coverage for crisis situations involving clients such as medical or psychiatric hospitalizations, child abuse situations, runaways or when a client is behaviorally out of control and staff require consultation as required. Please send resume to: Hillcrest Family Services Attn: Recruitment & Retention Specialist 2005 Asbury Road Dubuque, IA 52001 Or apply online at www.hillcrest-fs.org