Student 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.