Counselor

**About Distinction LLC** **Distinction, LLC** is a small, Mississippi-based business that operates the St. Louis Job Corps Center. We are looking for qualified applicants who are *enthusiastic, energetic,* and *purpose-driven*. Working with at-promise youth on a Job Corps Center is both rewarding and fulfilling. We offer competitive pay and a positive work environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. **About the role** Plans, coordinates, develops, and implements an individual and group counseling program for assigned students, in compliance with government and management directives. **What you'll do** - Provide educational, career technical, personal, and social adjustment counseling in individual and group settings. - Review student background files, conduct personal interviews, and assess students to determine appropriate placement into Center programs. - Conduct new student intakes, Morning Report follow-up, attendance accountability, AWOL retrieval, leave, and separation services. - Lead ongoing evaluation of student progress (ESP) process and recommend programmatic and behavioral changes student based on progress/barriers. - Participate in other Center programs including new student orientation, leadership, various groups, and TEAP. - As appropriate, refer cases to Mental Health Consultant for psychological evaluation of student mental and emotional problems. - Maintain accurate and timely records of all counseling activity. - Maintain student accountability and participate in student retrieval as required. - Assist in training Center staff related to counseling services and related systems, processes, and requirements. - Coordinate with Career Transition Services to provide guidance and career counseling to students, referring them to college placement, military placement, and off-Center programs. - Assist students in arranging emergency leave. - Coordinate specialty counseling programs, as required. **Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree (including 15 semester hours of instruction in social services-related instruction). - One year experience in counseling or related field. - Valid driver’s license.