Janiva Willis, clinical supervisor in Charlotte, NC, receives top award at MST conference

Janiva Willis with her MST Sustained Excellence Award

Janiva Willis, Youth Villages’ Charlotte, N.C., clinical supervisor, was recently honored at the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) International Conference in Charleston, S.C. She ranked in the top one percent of all MST therapists based upon her Therapist Adherence Measure (TAM) as rated by families. The TAM score predicts real-world, practical outcomes by assessing the counselor’s adherence to the MST treatment model.

“It was great to see MST being implemented all around the world and seeing the success rates in different areas of the country,” she said.

Janiva has served youth and families at Youth Villages since 2009 and is one of 20 people in the world to receive this honor. One of the many families Janiva helped succeed was featured in the Youth Villages newsletter New Heights; you can read Jaeqwaun’s story here.

Help young people succeed as a Behavioral Youth Counselor in Memphis

Are you looking for a positive career move where you are meeting the challenges of life and striving to make a positive difference?

Youth Villages has openings now for behavioral youth counselors to help troubled young people overcome severe emotional and behavioral challenges on our residential campuses in the Memphis area.

In this position, you will help children and their families to identify, understand and cope with their individual needs and develop the skills necessary to succeed in less restrictive settings. We have three different types of facilities — intensive residential centers, open campuses and group homes.

A Bachelor’s degree and experience working with youth is required, with experience working with at-risk youth a major plus.

Apply today: Behavioral Youth Counselor – Memphis, Tenn.

Youth Villages has been a national leader in the implementation of research-based treatment philosophies in the field of children’s mental and behavioral health. Our commitment to helping troubled children and their families find success spans more than 25 years and includes a comprehensive array of programs and services. Learn more at careers.youthvillages.org.

Betsy Stark Miller promoted to assistant director of development for Youth Villages Oregon

Betsy Miller

Betsy Stark Miller of Portland has been promoted to assistant director of development for Youth Villages Oregon, a private nonprofit organization that provides intensive in-home services and residential treatment to children with emotional, behavioral and mental health problems. Miller previously served as development manager for Youth Villages Oregon. As development manager, she helped raise more than $1.8 million in a year and a half through Youth Villages Oregon’s Turning Point Campaign.

Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources and development from the University of Oregon. She serves as chairwoman of the Board of Trustees for the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and membership chairwoman for the Lake Oswego Rotary Club.

We’re hiring social workers and counselors in Dyersburg, Tenn.

Youth Villages is seeking Master’s and Bachelor’s level social workers and counselors for in-home and foster care programs to work in the Dyersburg, Tenn. area. We’ll be holding a Career Fair for qualified applicants Feb. 4 and 5, 2013. Relocation assistance is available for these positions. Apply online now and recruiters will be in contact with qualified applicants with more information.

Dyersburg is located in northwest Tennessee, about 75 miles north of Memphis, and is the regional hub of a 10-county area, including parts of Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas.

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Relocation assistance available for family counselor positions in Boone, NC

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Youth Villages is looking for great social workers and counselors interested in relocating to beautiful Boone, N.C. We provide intensive community-based counseling services to at-risk youth and families utilizing the Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) model. Our organization has been named as top 50 nonprofit to work for two years in a row. We believe strongly in helping our employees to develop their professional skills and grow within the organization.

Boone has been named one of the best small towns in America by many different sources (USA Today, Outside Magazine, and National Geographic Adventure). The town is well known among outdoors enthusiasts as the area offers top-notch cycling, mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding, hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, rock climbing, and backpacking! If you prefer to stay on the pavement, the town offers a great downtown area and numerous cultural amenities such as an 18^th century living history museum, a robust arts and crafts community, great shopping and dining, a local farmers’ market, Appalachian State University, and a wide variety of concerts and music festivals!

Relocation assistance is available for the Boone openings.

To learn more about Youth Villages and apply to our family counselor openings in Boone, please visit our careers section at www.youthvillages.org. If you’re ready now, apply for the position on youthvillages.org.

*Relocation assistance provided at the discretion of Youth Villages and can be discontinued without notice.

Clinical liaison positions available at Youth Villages’ Deer Valley Campus

Youth Villages’ Deer Valley Campus sits among 1,000 acres of old-growth forest, rolling hills and meandering creeks in rural Perry County, Tennessee, just a few miles from the Tennessee River. This natural setting provides many outdoor treatment settings, removing these youth from the distractions of city life and helping them focus entirely on their treatment goals.

If you like working in an outdoor therapeutic setting, and have a passion for working with at-risk youth, this might be the place for you! We are currently hiring Masters-level clinical liaisons. Staff in these positions work directly with the boys on a daily basis, providing individual, group and family therapy to each resident, completing admissions and discharges and facilitating treatment meetings and consultations.

Visit www.youthvillages.org/jobs to apply.

Youth Villages hiring behavioral youth counselors in Portland area

Youth Villages Oregon is growing rapidly in Portland, Ore., and we have multiple openings for behavioral youth counselors available now.

Behavioral youth counselors work directly with youth at our residential Christie Campus in the Portland area. The campus provides the setting for an intensive treatment program designed to enable children and their families to identify, understand and cope with their individual needs and develop the skills necessary to succeed in less restrictive settings.

A Bachelors degree is required (social services field preferred).

Apply now.

To learn more about working for Youth Villages, visit our careers section at youthvillages.org.

Youth Villages hiring family counselors in Boone, NC

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Youth Villages recently expanded into the Boone, N.C., area and we need more family counselors to provide Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth ages 12 to 17 that display serious antisocial behaviors and are at-risk of placement out of the home due to their behaviors. Our MST program is built on the principle that the serious behavior problems of a child typically stem from a combination of influences including family factors, deviant peer group, problems in school or the community, and individual characteristics.

Click here to learn more about this position and apply.

To learn about working for Youth Villages, visit www.youthvillages.org.

Youth Villages expanding, seeking counselors for Bloomington and Southern Indiana

Youth Villages recently expanded into Southern Indiana and we need more family intervention specialists who want to make a difference with children and their families.

Our Intercept intensive in-home program serves a broad population of youth, including those involved with multiple child-serving systems and those at high risk of removal from their families. The program specializes in diverting youth from out-of-home placements by helping their families safely maintain youth in their home environment. This position is responsible for providing intensive, home-based therapy to families.

A Bachelor’s degree in a social services discipline with experience in a clinical counseling or case management setting is required.

We’re hiring in Bloomington, Jeffersonville, Madison and Columbus, with additional opportunities in rural areas in southwestern Indiana. Click here to learn more about this position and apply.

Visit our website’s careers section to learn more about working for Youth Villages.

Profile: Orna Feighery – Sr. Bilingual Transitional Living Specialist, Worcester, Mass.

Orna Feighery is a senior bilingual transitional living specialist at Youth Villages in Massachusetts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Hispanic studies from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.

What made you want to work at Youth Villages?
Youth Villages’ program is hands on. This is not talk therapy – it’s making a difference in the lives of children and their families and young adults who have aged out of foster care by working intensively with them in their own homes, the community and school. As transitional living specialists, we do whatever we need to do to help a young adult live successfully on his or her own. That means we tackle all kinds of issues not covered in psychology classes. We take them to doctor’s appointments, help them find a new job, teach them how to write a resume, show them how to budget, find a safe and affordable apartment and much more. We do whatever it takes to help a young adult find success, which makes our services a lot more effective than they otherwise would be. What I also love about Youth Villages are the chances the organization gives you to jump right in and get to work. You get a lot of support here from your team, your supervisor and through group supervision meetings, which are big brain-storming meetings on how we can address certain situations and behaviors and make a lasting difference. We all give each other advice and suggestions, and we hold one another accountable to change lives.

What do you love about being a bilingual transitional living specialist?
Working one-on-one with young adults who have aged out of foster care is something I love doing. This is so much more than a job. It’s a chance to make a real and lasting difference in someone’s life. That’s an awesome feeling.

What does a typical day look like for you?
I typically go to the office in the mornings to handle paperwork and do treatment planning. I keep the afternoons open to go in the field and see the young adults I work with. Fridays are generally devoted to paperwork – there is a lot of paperwork to complete. But what make my job exciting is that every day is different, and I get to do different things all the time. Today, for example, I am helping a girl apply for health insurance. After that, I am taking another young woman to do job applications. Tomorrow one of the young people I help will need to meet her lawyer to prepare for trial, and afterward, we want to register her for certified nursing assistant courses. This young woman is a mom, so I am also helping her look for child care options. Another young adult I work with is homeless right now. I helped her settle into a shelter, and we are now looking for more permanent living options. We are working on filling out apartment applications. She is already on the waiting lists for some places. So these are just some of the things I get to help young adults with, and every day is different. But generally, I spend a third of my time doing paperwork, another third working with the young adults one on one and the last third I spend driving.