Youth Career Counselor – Youth Trade School Counselor

Horizons Youth Services

. Deliver counseling services to assigned residential and non-residential students focused on personal and social development, career employment, and behavior .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeMilwaukee • Wisconsin • United StatesJuniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in delivering counseling services focused on personal and social development, career employment, and behavior management. Proficient in crisis intervention, documentation of counseling strategies, and referral processes for students requiring intensive services.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Counseling ExperienceCrisis InterventionSocial Development CounselingBachelor's Degree in Social ServicesValid State Driver's License

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Hard Skills

Individual CounselingGroup CounselingCareer CounselingBehavior ManagementDocumentation of Counseling Strategies

Soft Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationCrisis ManagementProblem Solving

Industry Keywords

Social ServicesMental HealthEnglish Language LearnersCareer ManagementOn-Call Availability

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver counseling services to assigned residential and non-residential students focused on personal and social development, career employment, and behavior
Provide individual and group counseling and crisis intervention to all students
Provide ongoing structured, scheduled, and documented individual social development, adjustment, career, and personal counseling weekly
Identify students needing more intensive services and refer them to appropriate services
Ensure intervention, implementation, and documentation of strategies addressing personal issues, including mental health, medical issues, and English Language Learners
Conduct Career Management Team meetings
Ensure appropriate pre-arrival and departure activities to engage students and develop initial center and post-center plans and goals

Requirements

What you’ll need

One year of experience in counseling or related field
Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited College or University
Minimum of 15 semester hours of instruction in social services-related instruction
Valid State Driver’s License
Ability to periodically be on-call, work weekends, respond to issues/emergencies at the center, work evening hours, and travel locally periodically