Juvenile Diversion Counselor

Overview

The Juvenile Diversion Counselor performs a wide variety of activities related to juvenile diversion and youth and family services programs; maintains relations with community social, legal and education agencies; provides counseling, intervention and case management services to youth and families experiencing conflicts, crisis and trauma. An ideal candidate thrives in providing crisis intervention and counseling with a diverse range of people in emergency or stressful situations, and can function within a law enforcement environment.

Note
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Interviews are scheduled for Thursday, February 19th.

3% Salary Increase scheduled for July 2026
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Benefits – The City currently pays the majority of the medical coverage premium for employees and dependents, and 100% of the premium for dental and vision coverage. A $400/month health insurance opt-out option is available, if applicable. Vacation accrual increases with service; immediate City contribution to deferred comp, increasing with service; longevity pay, and other benefits are described in the Benefits tab.

• Develops, coordinates, and performs a variety of assigned program activities.
• Develops and maintains collaborative and cooperative working relationships with city, county, social, legal, and educational entities.
• Performs consultation and assessment services; consults with school groups regarding student behavior problems; and consults with parents regarding destructive adolescent behavior.
• Assists law enforcement and Department of Health and Human Services with intervention, counseling, restorative justice, and referral of juveniles; coordinates services with juvenile probation, court agencies, and law enforcement; assists law enforcement with juvenile related investigations; reviews and monitors police reports pertaining to juvenile activity; provides legal research assistance regarding juvenile law.
• Represents the department in juvenile and community relations activities; initiates and participates in the development of community based youth and family resources; conducts focus groups, forums and neighborhood meetings; provides education regarding juvenile behavior for university, high school and other interested community groups.
• Arranges, facilitates, and participates in program related meetings, trainings, boards, and groups, including Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) meetings and workshops, Student Attendance Review Board (SARB), Parent Project, and Teen Court.
• Prepares grant proposals and administers program grants.
• Composes, prepares, and processes a variety of correspondence, reports, statistical data, forms and other documents; establishes and maintains accurate and efficient record keeping and case management systems, both manual and electronic.
• Assists in training staff in the subjects of juvenile behavior, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), stress reduction, and interpersonal communications.
• Trains, supervises and evaluates assigned staff, volunteers or interns.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Juvenile Diversion Counselor
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Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in psychology, counseling, social work or a related field; and at least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in counseling or other human services field involving direct service provision with juveniles and families.

Knowledge of
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Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations; community resources and social scientific findings regarding juveniles and families; restorative justice, deviancy, delinquency and related prevention and intervention strategies; characteristics and resources of community; juvenile justice process and procedures; the subjects of child abuse, child development, styles of family functioning, physiological and sociological aspects of deviant behavior, and personality disorders;

adult learning processes; services…