Life Counselor

 

 

The NXT- Level Center is a multi-department City of San Antonio and non-profit collaborative. The Life Counselor will provide counseling and case management services to opportunity youth who face obstacles to personal success and maintains a clinical counselor licensure. An LPC-Associate or LMSW placed in this role must be under the supervision of a Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors or Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, approved Clinical Supervisor as a requirement of this position.  

 

 

• Provide individual and group counseling to targeted participants and crisis intervention during critical situations
• Implement an intake and assessment process with each opportunity youth to establish a baseline for services to include using the ACEs Assessment tool.
• Assess and create Individual Service Plans (ISP) to provide or coordinate services to help navigate and enable the opportunity youth to re-enter academic tracks and/or enter post-secondary education, employment or training.
• Provide case management services that connect opportunity youth to community resources that meet their assessed needs. Develop and implement individual and group Trauma Informed services that address the individualized youth assessed needs.
• Collaborate regularly with Life Coaches to gather recommendations, seek input and share participant updates and identify individuals who may benefit from services   through the NXT Level Life Counselor.
• Monitor and document participants progress towards counseling and/or case management goals.
• Evaluate program effectiveness.

• Assure the adherence to all contractual and grant provisions and any assigned budgetary requirements.
• Implement, manage, and report any needed information for grants and projects assigned to program.
• Meet contract obligations by obtaining qualified caseload and goals by prescribed deadlines.
• Maintain quality of programming and submit accurate required reports.
• Keep abreast of program developments and changes and updates from NXT Level Site Lead, NXT Level Center Partners and CIS-SA.
• Communicate any updates, successes, and any pertinent information in job responsibilities to the NXT Level Site Lead.

• Broker with outside agencies, businesses, volunteers and interns to provide direct services or referrals that meet student needs.
• Assist Nxt-Level partners with client success through collaborative case management support to meet individual goals.
• Maintain strategic collaborations, established for the NXT- Level Center; with businesses, universities, community organizations to create opportunities for the opportunity youth.
• Coordinate and effectively communicate with partners to ensure clear collaboration and integrative services to ensure success of the program.
• Provide volunteer and community partner orientation regarding CIS-SA & NXT Level program policies.
• Coordinate in-kind donations to support participant needs and program activities.

• Follow policies and procedures for all aspects of documentation in a timely manner.
• Collect CIS-SA forms, demographic information and other required data
• Document all required information to include Individual Service Plan (ISP) and services in the approved database system.
• Establish, document and maintain accurate and complete youth files with appropriate and up-to-date information/documentation as per program procedures and guidelines.
• Obtain sign-in sheets for services in accordance with program procedures and guidelines.

• Manage timecard.
• Attend all meetings and trainings as required.
• Ensure the completion of required programmatic reports.
• Plan appropriate expenditures and maintain budgets
• Maintain required licensure by participating in relevant professional development activities and clinical supervision
• Attend CIS-SA Clinical Supervision sessions as required