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Hotline Counselor PT

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Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
Part Time

Description

Position Summary:

Responsible for providing crisis intervention, education, referral, and resource information, and creating action plans for callers who contact the Childhelp National Abuse Hotline using the evidence-informed practice model. Primary topics include but are not limited to child abuse (physical, emotional, sexual, neglect) family conflict, parenting support, domestic violence, and other related issues such as suicidal ideation, mental health concerns, and support for survivors of abuse.

 

Shifts Available: 

  • OPEN A (Remote)
    Monday–Friday: 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM (10 hrs/week)

  • OPEN B (In-Office)
    Monday–Friday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM (25 hrs/week)

  • OPEN C (In-Office)
    Monday–Friday: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (10 hrs/week)

  • OPEN D (In-Office)
    Monday–Friday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM (25 hrs/week)

  • OPEN E (Remote)
    Monday–Friday: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM (20 hrs/week)

  • OPEN F (Remote)
    Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM (10 hrs/week)

  • OPEN G (Remote)
    Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM (10 hrs/week)

  • OPEN H (Remote)
    Saturday & Sunday: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM (10 hrs/week)

  • OPEN I (In-Office)
    Monday–Wednesday: 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM (12 hrs/week)

 

 

Essential Functions: 

Provides Counseling Services Via Phone

  • Provides appropriate counseling to help each seeker via phone calls using the evidence- informed practice model
  • Provides undivided attention and warmth to each help seeker regarding issues presented
  • Ascertains and understands the immediate presenting issues(s) of help seekers, turning those issues into brief action plans as appropriate

Documentation & Reporting

  • Enters all relevant data, accurately and completely into Hotline database in a timely manner
  • Reports information to appropriate authorities, when legally bound to do so

Quality

Remains current on all laws, regulations, policies, protocols, and practices surrounding physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, child abuse, neglect, and legal reporting requirements and applies knowledge to the work in accordance with quality standards:

  • Understands and adheres to confidentiality and anonymity
  • Understands and adheres to counseling ethical guidelines and boundaries
  • Remains knowledgeable with regard to all Hotline referral sources, including the Hotline national resource database
  • Understands the contractual obligations of the Hotline and follows protocol and documentation requirements for each contact

Continuous Improvement, Knowledge sharing, and Collaborative Problem Solving

  • Attends staff meetings and completes all required training
  • Interacts with co-workers to best identify effective approaches and interventions for presenting issues
  • Participates in assigned work teams, as requested

Miscellaneous

  • Willing to engage in a Reflective Supervision process to give and receive feedback on a regular basis
  • Performs other related duties, as assigned

Qualifications

Requirements

Education/Experience/Knowledge/Understanding

  • Bachelor’s degree from four-year College or university in Psychology, Social Work, or related field.
  • Must have minimum one (1) year experience working with family violence and/or child abuse
  • Understanding of the laws and regulations surrounding physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, child abuse, neglect, and legal reporting requirements
  • Clear fingerprint background screening through the Department of Justice, FBI, and Child Abuse Index before start
  • Must meet all job expectations, including successful completion of the counselor assessment, within the first 90 days of employment

Skills

  • Exceptional verbal, written, and listening communication skills to include communicating clearly, warmly, effectively, tactfully, and patiently to a diverse population
  • Excellent counseling skills such as active listening, empathetic listening, asking open-ended questions, demonstrating positive regard, de-escalation, concreteness, and problem-solving facilitation
  • Strong interpersonal skills and demeanor with the ability to build rapport and garner trust with others
  • Proficient in the use of a PC in a Windows environment; in the use of the Internet and cloud-based technology platforms; and in the use of MS Office Applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel

 

Abilities

  • Ability to understand and solve problems by applying intermediate analytical skills to include collecting all the relevant information and data needed to address the problem; organizing, classifying, and synthesizing the data into fundamental issues; from the information, identifying the most probable causes of the problem; reducing the information down into manageable components; identifying the logical outcomes from the analyses of the data collected; and, identifying the options and solutions for addressing the problems analyzed
  • Ability to serve all help seekers in a non-judgmental manner
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
  • Willingness and ability to embody Childhelp’s core values of Acting with Honor and Character, Being Open and Receptive, Caring About and Relating to Others; Nurturing Diverse Relationships; and Performance Excellence

Physical Demands

  • Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
  • The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work.

Preferences

  • Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or other related field
  • Prior experience in crisis intervention and/or hotline counseling

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