Employment Opportunities

Position Title:  Student Assistance Counselor Positions (School Based) Part-time (3 Days) for Fall 2019        

RISAS IS EXPANDING!

Locations: Scituate High School, Portsmouth Middle School, Burrillville High School

Join our awesome team! Rhode Island Student Assistance Services (RISAS), a division of Coastline EAP, brings a 30 year history of providing school-based mental health promotion, substance use prevention, education and early intervention, case management and referral services to middle and high school youth in Rhode Island. We are currently serving 54 schools in 29 districts. Our employees love their jobs (just ask them). Turnover is exceptionally low.

Position Summary: To provide prevention, early identification, assessment, intervention and referral of substance misuse and mental health problems in school setting; to provide group services to children with substance use, children of parents with substance use disorder and other vulnerable youth; to provide school-wide awareness and outreach activities to students and families.

RISAS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

REQUIRED Qualifications:
Master’s degree in behavioral health specialty: Social Work, Counseling or Psychology
A minimum of 1-2 years supervised counseling experience
Knowledge of adolescent and child development
Knowledge of alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and other drugs
Ability to engage adolescents in individual, group and classroom sessions
Professional verbal, written, and presentation skills
Ability to exercise sound professional judgment.
Computer competence using Internet, Word, Excel
Ability to learn electronic data collections systems required by funding sources

Preferred Qualifications: 

Licensed social worker, mental health counselor, marriage and family

Knowledge of best practices in substance abuse prevention, treatment and education

Experience with motivational interviewing (MI) and SBIRT

Knowledge and experience working with children impacted by trauma

Public speaking

Work Environment: position is based in the school to which counselor is assigned.
Excellent Benefits including school vacations and summers off, clinical supervision, professional development

Interested Candidates should send resume and names and contact info of 2 references to: fmendes@risas.org  Check out our website at www.risas.org