Overnight Helpline Counselor

Parents Anonymous Inc. to find a passionate candidate to fill their Overnight Helpline Counselor. This is a hybrid position with some onsite training required.

This position can be parttime or fulltime. If parttime you must work the following nights Saturday or Sunday from 11pm 7:30am PST. If fulltime you will work 11pm 7:30am five days a week as assigned.

About Parents Anonymous Inc.

Parents Anonymous Inc. is the first Family Strengthening organization and the only EvidenceBased Parent Partner program in the U.S. Since 1969 Parents Anonymous Inc. envisions a just society where all Parents Children & Youth thrive in resilient families and communities. The Parents Anonymous Group is the only EvidenceBased Parent Partner Program in the California EvidenceBased Clearinghouse and the National Parent Helpline is the first and only nationwide emotional support system for Parents Caregivers & Children & Youth.

About the Position

Parents Anonymous Inc. is looking for an enthusiastic caring and compassionate behavioral health professional with MSW MFT MS or MA in Counseling Psychology or Social Work. You will be trained to deliver Parents Anonymous EvidenceBased Programs to support diverse Parents Children & Youth. Experience with Parents is a must as well as crisis situations.

You will be providing traumainformed emotional support to diverse Parents Children and Youth through calls texts and live chats on the California Parent & Youth Helpline and Facilitating a Free Weekly Online Parents Anonymous Support Group. Trained counselors who answer the helpline engage in empathy share selfcalming and mindfulness techniques help people build their support system and connect them to weekly free online Parents Anonymous groups and other services. Every caller receives somebody who is listening who is not blaming and shaming them and helping them deal with the immediate emotional issues that they re facing. If you are passionate about Strengthening Families and care deeply about the wellbeing of others by supporting the empowerment journey of Diverse Parents Children & Youth you would be a great fit for Parents Anonymous Inc.

Parents Anonymous provides Clinical Supervision for ACSWs AMFTs and APCCs.

Specific Job Duties

• Utilize Parents Anonymous EvidenceBased therapeutic processes to respond and assist Parents Children and Youth through phone/texts/livechats/video chats on the CA Parent and Youth Helpline and document interactions in database.
  
• Provide emotional support and locate appropriate resources in response to their issue or concern.
  
• Address crises such as suicidal ideation and child and elder abuse and neglect.
  
• Retrieve and reply to emails and messages. Utilize a caller database to collect and document calls and outcomes.
  
• Document Interested parents results of Building Family Strength Interviews and Post National Outcome Surveys and Group Attendance in the Program Tracking System as well as participate in the Randomized Clinical Trial with strict protocols to be adhered to.
  
• Attend all required training and weekly clinical supervision.
  
• Implement all Parents Anonymous policies and procedures.
  
• Maintain confidentiality of all services provided.
  
• Engage in outreach initiatives to agencies/organizations to increase engagement of Parents Caregivers Children and Youth in Parents Anonymous(R) programs.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  

Requirements

• Must possess a Master s Degree in Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy Psychology or Counseling from an accredited graduate school.
  
• Must have a BBS license and 1000 hours of supervision completed preferred.
  
• Fully registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences preferred but not required.
  
• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred and other languages spoken by Asian Pacific Islanders is a plus.
  
• Must have a minimum of 12 years working in social services with Parents and/or Youth.
  
• Must have a minimum of 12 years of individual or group counseling.
  
• Must have welldeveloped computer skills.
  
• Patient learner high intelligence passionate open to feedback and team player
  
• Willingness to be flexible to fulfill the requirements of the position
  
• Must be culturally responsive responsible and able to seek assistance from supervisor when crises arise.
  
• Must have a smartphone reliable inhome internet access and a private room with a door that can be closed where confidential HIPPAcompliant conversations can be held with individuals.
  
• Must embrace the philosophy and theory of change of Parent Anonymous including mutual support parent leadership shared leadership and personal growth and change.
  
• Attend 80 hours of Comprehensive Training on Zoom and In Person
  
• Must embrace and reflect the Mission Vision and Principles of Parents Anonymous Inc.