Career Counselor (3857)
CAREER COUNSELOR
- GULFPORT, Mississippi
- Education/Instructional
- Req ID: 3857
Job Description
About Us
When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.
The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.
At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!
If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!
Job Overview
Responsible for planning, coordinating, developing, and implementing a professional individual and group counseling program for assigned students in compliance with government, corporate, and management directives. All duties need to be in conjunction with the industry team.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Job Functions:
- Review detailed background file, conduct personal interview and recommend a program for each assigned student.
- Initiate and maintain individual Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP) and Social Intake Form (SIF) for each assigned student.
- Ensure that student needs are assessed early in enrollment. Facilitate initial student placement.
- Provide direct aid to students with personal needs or problems, i.e., sickness, injury, family problems, emergency leaves, job abandonment retrieval.
- Provide continuous educational, career technical training, personal, and social adjustment counseling on an individual and group basis. Recommend necessary program modifications throughout each assigned students’ stay.
- Conduct continuous interpretation and evaluation of the progress of students’ specific development program. Coordinate problem cases and point out areas in which guidance and development techniques can be improved. Maintain documentation and records.
- Utilize new concepts and approaches; recommend and conduct training sessions and conferences to develop greater proficiency among staff in areas of guidance and social adjustment.
- Recommend medical or psychiatric evaluation for emotional or psychological problems. Evaluate results and take remedial action as warranted. Participate as a member of the mental health team.
- Refer students to other program areas such as transfers, extension or advanced programs, or college placement.
- Conduct intense counseling services to students in first 60 days.
- Conduct a variety of special programs such as human sexuality, sexual harassment, family planning, pregnancy program, and inter-group relations.
- Assist in the evaluation of Center services for students and recommend modifications for improvement.
- Maintain contact with student families if student is a minor. Utilize community resources as needed.
- Provide staff training and support residential advisors in conducting dormitory group counseling sessions.
- Perform all other duties as requested.
Job Requirements
Mandatory:
- Bachelor’s degree in counseling or related field, including 15 semester hours of instruction in social services related instructions
- One (1) year related experience and/or training.
- Valid driver’s license, with an acceptable driving record.
- Successfully pass background check and drug test.
Reasonable Accommodation:
It is CGS, LLC business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.