Youth Treatment Counselor

Tennyson Center for Children•Denver, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Youth Treatment Counselor works within an educational and treatment team to carry out instructional activities and behavior management consistent with each child’s IEP and treatment plan. The role provides individualized academic and social-emotional support to students in the classroom, helping maintain a clean, safe, and therapeutic learning environment. Counselors work with children from diverse backgrounds and are expected to reflect Tennyson Center for Children’s values of being joyful, curious, dependable, authentic, and compassionate.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Human Services or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Must have or qualify to obtain a current Colorado driver’s license.
Must complete required pre-employment screening, including a drug test, FBI fingerprint check, CBI criminal-records check, child-abuse-registry check, motor-vehicle-record check, academic-record verification, and reference checks.
Must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States and complete employment eligibility verification upon hire; the employer does not sponsor work visas.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an educational setting with K–12 children with special needs is preferred.

Responsibilities

Implement treatment plans and IEPs as directed by the clinician and teacher.
Provide one-on-one tutoring and small-group instruction, maintain student engagement, and support academic and social-emotional learning.
Maintain a clean, safe, and therapeutic learning environment.
Provide a therapeutic balance of hierarchy and affiliation while recognizing children’s emotional needs.
Implement verbal and non-verbal behavior-management procedures and physical-management procedures, balancing clients’ needs for structure, nurturing, learning, and recreation.
Assist with classroom-management strategies implemented with educational, clinical, and student-engagement specialists.
Support implementation of positive behavior supports at both milieu and individual levels.
Complete and maintain required trainings, including QMAP, TCI, and the Neurosequential Model, as well as additional training assigned based on program needs and organizational standards.
Support and advance quality-improvement efforts by adhering to Tennyson Center policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and best practices.
Successfully complete a pre-hire physical.
Implement behavioral interventions as needed.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees working 30 or more hours per week.
Generous paid time off.
13 paid holidays.
Paid mental health days.
Retirement plan with a match up to 4% of annual salary.
Pet, legal, and identity-theft insurance options.
HSA and FSA options.
Accident, critical-illness, disability, and hospital-indemnity insurance options.
Company-paid life insurance and AD&D, with options to purchase additional coverage.
Employee Assistance Program.
Employee referral bonus.
Professional development assistance.
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.