Child and Family Counselor - Family After School Program - Part Time

About the role

The Child and Family Counselor position at Riverside’s Family After-School Program supports children aged 6–12 who have experienced challenges such as neglect, homelessness, and trauma. The program offers clinically intensive, trauma-informed services that help children build coping skills, self-expression, and healthy peer relationships, while actively engaging families.

Responsibilities

- Plan, organize, and lead therapeutic groups and daily activities that promote social-emotional growth and skill-building. - Ensure children are safe, supported, and appropriately supervised at all times. - Implement behavior management strategies and participate in crisis intervention when needed. - Partner with clinical case managers on individual treatment plans and goal implementation. - Assist with transportation by driving and/or monitoring children as they arrive at and depart from the program using your personal vehicle or our program's transportation vehicle.

Requirements

- Must have excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, basic computer fluency (Microsoft Word and email), and ability to document daily client progress. - Must be comfortable working with an intensive clinical population, willing to learn behavior management interventions, and facilitate therapeutic groups. - Valid driver’s license required.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s Degree required. - At least three years experience working with emotionally and behaviorally challenged children in community, recreational, and treatment settings required.

Skills

- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. - Basic computer fluency (Microsoft Word and email). - Ability to document daily client progress. - Comfortable working with an intensive clinical population. - Willingness to learn behavior management interventions. - Facilitation of therapeutic groups.

Benefits

Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options. Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care. Eleven paid holidays. Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time. Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match. Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan. Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring. Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events. Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee.

Pay and Schedule

Part Time, 16 hours/week. Summer: Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. School Year: Monday through Friday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Pay Rate: $20.60/hourly.

Why You'll Love Riverside

We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment.