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Social Service Counselor 1 - 3 (Family Preservation Court Peer Support)

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Social Service Counselor 1 - 3 (Family Preservation Court Peer Support)

Salary

$2,784.00 - $5,009.00 Monthly

Location

Jefferson, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

214635

Department

LDH-Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority

Opening Date

11/07/2025

Closing Date

11/28/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

We are looking for a compassionate and reliable Peer Support Specialist to provide guidance, mentorship, and support to individuals navigating behavioral health challenges. This role uses lived experience to build trust, foster resilience, and promote recovery-focused goals.

The Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority (JPHSA) Executive Administrative department oversees a variety of clinical and support programs that cross two or more service area divisions as well as involves parish wide programming. The incumbent will serve as a peer providing Peer Support services in the Family Preservation Court program (FPC). Incumbent reports to the Mental Health Program Director-B.

An ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

Selected Core Competencies:

+ Driving Results:The ability to identify important goals and work to achieve them.

+ Managing Time:The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.

+ Thinking Critically:The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

Selected Preferred Competencies:

+ Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.

+ Fostering Engagement:The ability to encourage others to invest in their work and the success of the organization.

+ Thinking Strategically: The ability to generate insights and identify opportunities for future growth of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of social services experience; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Positions that provide addictive disorder counseling or prevention services will require certification or eligibility for certification issued by the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA), or its successor.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=106750) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As a Social Service Counselor, you will,

+ Provides peer supports in the community to individuals and their families in the FPC program.

+ Peer Services is defined as:

+ Engagement

+ Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment. Contractor will make every effort to connect 75% of all referrals to treatment within ten (10) days of contact

+ Education to service recipients and family members on mental illness, substance use disorders, and recovery

+ Assistance with transition from treatment to the community

+ Assistance with implementation of community supports

+ Assistance with planned discharges and connection to resources

+ Follow-up post discharge from services, to include peer services and all referred services.

+ Provision of advocacy, individualized support and problem-solving

+ Assistance with helping service recipients obtain necessities of daily living

+ Promotion of self-advocacy skills

+ Participates in weekly FPC staffings

+ Coordinates treatment services with other members of the FPC team, at the direction of the FPC Treatment team lead (MHPD-B)

+ Advocates for service recipients in staffing's to other members of the FPC, as needed

+ Provides education to FPC team about peer services

+ Attends bi-weekly FPC hearings

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment

Career Progression: This position participates in a Career Progression Group and can be filled as a Social Service Counselor 1, 2, or 3.

Work Schedule: Flexible work hours that may be outside of the traditional 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday, dependent on job duties.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Enjoli Lewis

Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority

3616 S. I-10 Service Road West, Metairie, LA 70001

[email protected]

504-838-5426

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable driving results

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to drive results

+ 3= I can drive results

+ 4= I can drive results and help others improve their ability to drive results

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MT: Rate your ability to manage time based on our definition: The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable managing time.

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to manage time

+ 3= I can manage time

+ 4= I can manage time and help others improve their ability to manage time

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TCr: Rate your ability to think critically based on our definition: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable thinking critically

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to think critically

+ 3= I can think critically

+ 4= I can think critically and help others improve their ability to think critically

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