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Job ID: 14022032
 
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Job Title:Correctional Counselor with 1000 Hiring Bonus
Work Type:Work Days: Work Vary: Yes , Shift: Other, Hours Per Week: 20, Work Type: Regular
 
Salary Offered:$18.33 - $18.33 Hourly
Benefits:Unspecified.
 
Physical Required:Unspecified
Drug Testing Required:Unspecified
Education Required:Associate's Degree
Experience Required:Unspecified
 
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Lutheran Social Service MN is a dynamic social service organization serving children, youth and families, people with disabilities, older adults and military veterans. Trustworthiness is a value and strength shared by our employees and recognized by the communities we serve. We offer an ALIVE Workplace (Supportive, Positive and Fun) and careers that challenge, energize and rewards employees. Consider joining us!
As a Correctional Counselor you will provide a safe, secure, consistent environment for adult males residing in a community correctional halfway house. In this role you will be responsible to implement and monitor program components and procedures relating to house rules and encourage and support residents for positive decisions and personal accountability. You must maintain good communication with all residents and staff and keep order and security in the house by monitoring residents' whereabouts, screening visitors, enforcing regulations, and reminding residents of expectations related to sobriety, hygiene, household duties/rules and program participation. You will provide crisis intervention when necessary; identify and resolve/de-escalate minor conflicts by continuous observation and early intervention and perform urinalysis and/or Breathalyzer tests on residents as needed. You will log all phone information, important events/ issues while on duty and communicate important information to other staff members verbally and in writing regarding resident behaviors, health, location or other issues.
$1,000 Hiring Bonus!

Job Requirements:

An associate's degree or one to two years of experience in a related field.
Computer literate.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Day to day problem solving skills and demonstrated reliability and integrity.
Experience in crisis management.
Understanding of mental and physical illnesses.
Ability to cope with high stress situations and confrontational residents while maintaining control of the situation and making appropriate decisions.
CPR/First Aid certification; may be obtained after hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Lutheran Social Service of MN is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer of all people regardless of gender, race, culture, religion, ethnicity, protected veteran status and/or disability. We actively foster an environment that is free of racism, discrimination, bias, and harassment where all individuals are treated with dignity, safety, and respect.

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