Summer Internship as Resident Counselor

ADVENT GROUP MINISTRIES is a team of Christians with a mission of bringing hope, healing, and Christ’s love to hurting children and their families. We provide personal care through a professional staff of counselors and social workers and a network of well-trained volunteers.  Our purpose is to meet the needs of troubled and abused youth and adults through Christian love and therapeutic services.  

The Summer Intern Resident Counselor assumes a supportive and trainee role to the Supervising Resident Counselor.  The Summer Intern is trained in the job of Resident Counselor and will acquire the training to fulfill the job of a full-time Resident Counselor in phases during a period of 10 weeks.

The Resident Counselor opening is a live-in position responsible for the overall care and supervision of six behaviorally/emotionally disturbed and/or chemically dependent adolescents. This job is ideal for someone who has majored in one of the social sciences, or simply has a heart to help hurting youth. Staff implement an individualized treatment plan for each youth while living with the adolescents 4 days a week.  This is done within the context of an interdependent staff treatment team.

Are you ready for a challenge? At Advent the challenges are very real and we meet the challenges head on. Advent cares for teens who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. The majority of these young people are in trouble with the law. They come from abusive home…from the streets. They are deeply wounded young people; rejected by virtually everyone in their lives, written off by society, they’ve been let down, pushed aside by those who should have cared the most. Advent may be their last chance to figure life out and get it together.  

We recognize that the needs of each client are unique; thus, the focus of the Advent programs is individualized treatment. These needs may include the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, or a unique combination of them all. Though the agency, as a whole, strives to meet these wide-ranging essentials, each department focuses on providing treatment for one or two particular needs.

Qualifications

1.      Attending or have completed college coursework.

2.     Preference given to majors in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Child Development and Urban Studies

3.     No experience required.  A willingness to live with 6 adolescents and work with a team of mental health professionals in providing residential care.

4.     20 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.

Internships will be paid this year.  You will gross approximately $2022 for the 10 week period, it will cover room and board.

Email your resume to start process.