Employment
At Child Guidance Center, our goal is to deliver the highest quality services to clients and their families. To that end, we seek a diverse staff of well-qualified professionals. In order to hire and retain a valued work force, we offer competitive wages, professional development, educational assistance and an excellent benefit package.
To apply for a position, please download our Job Application documents available by clicking here and here. Once you have downloaded the documents, fill them out, and email them back to our HR Director at this address: jobapp@childguidancecenter.org.
Child Guidance Center is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and Service Provider. We are also a Drug Free Work Place. If you are hired, you will be required to have a thorough background investigation, be fingerprinted and pass a routine drug test.
Listed below are current vacancies. Positions will remain open until filled.
CURRENT VACANCIES
Targeted Case Manager
The Targeted Case Manager works closely with children who are seriously emotionally disturbed and with their families, to link them with an array of services. He or she monitors the service delivery to ensure its appropriateness and advocates on behalf of the client in order to maintain the child in the least restrictive setting.
The Targeted Case Manager is responsible for the formulation, review, and implementation of an individualized and creative service plan to assure a high-level of quality care. The services focus on improving the child’s functioning in relation to the family, community, and educational environments. Monitoring may also include residential facility environments.
In order to do this job, a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in the field of psychology, social work, or related human services field is required, in addition to at least one year’s previous experience working with emotionally disturbed children. Moderate computer skills are required, such as inputting at least 35 cwpm and familiarity with spread sheets and Microsoft Outlook. Reliable transportation with liability insurance, a FL driver’s license and good driving record are also required.
According to a staff survey conducted last June, Child Guidance Center is a great place to work. We offer competitive wages, an incentive bonus plan, comprehensive insurance and benefits plus free in-house CEU training.
To be considered for this position, a completed employment application is required.
COMMUNITY THERAPISTS
Child Guidance Center needs client centered, compassionate Therapists for a community based program that delivers therapeutic mental and behavioral health services to children and adolescents in home and at school. This is an intense, outreach driven program designed to assist families who have not responded to previous outpatient care.
Practitioners provide high quality counseling throughout the greater Jacksonville area. These positions require engaged consumer service, involving clients and families in the therapy process. Maintaining complete and accurate up-to-date charts is an important part of the job, along with meeting the team’s established performance criteria.
A Master’s degree from a FL license-eligible program that allows the Therapist to register as an intern in the social work, therapeutic mental health counseling or marriage and family therapy disciplines is the minimum qualification; previous experience providing therapeutic services to children and/or families and developing treatment plans based on DSM- IV diagnoses is preferred. Moderate computer skills are needed, such as inputting at least 35 cwpm and familiarity with spread sheets and Microsoft Outlook.
According to a staff survey conducted last June, Child Guidance Center is a great place to work. We offer competitive wages, an incentive bonus plan, comprehensive insurance and benefits plus free in-house CEU training.
To be considered for this position, a completed employment application is required.
