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Non-Merit Relief Counselor Job Opportunities

The following non-merit substitute and relief counselor job opportunities are now available. Please note that these positions generally do not have fringe benefits such as leave, health insurance or retirement, unless specified in the job announcement.

Fairfax County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on basis of race, color, sex, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veterans' status or disabled veterans' status. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance; TTY 703-222-7314. Minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.  

 

Community Services Board positions:

• Substitute Relief Counselors - Fairfax Detoxification Center
• Substitute Relief Counselors - various locations
• Overnight Residential Counselor - various locations
• Substitute Relief Counselor - Crisis Care Program at Woodburn Place
• Substitute Relief Counselor - Adult Group Homes, Residential Treatment Centers
• Relief Counselor - Sojourn House
• Relief Counselor - Substance Abuse/Dual Diagnosis

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court positions:

• Substitute Relief Counselor – Juvenile Detention Center
• Relief Counselor – Foundations
• Relief Counselor – Shelter Care II
• Relief Counselor – Overnight – Boys Probation House

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board 
Job # ELT-CSB-12004
Salary: $17.01/hour; some positions may be eligible for benefits
Location: Various locations throughout Fairfax County 

Provides supervision, assistance/direct care with activities of daily living, counseling, skill training (In home and community), crisis/behavior management to adults with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting when regular staff are not available.

Minimum Qualifications: Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to an associate degree in psychology, social work or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Preferred Qualifications: Two years of experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. Knowledge of Person Centered Plans, Medicaid waiver and behavior management. Able to work varied hours, including weekend and awake overnights.
Special Requirements: Valid driver’s license. Ability to use a computer. Ability to assist non-ambulatory individuals in transferring. Ability to lift 30 pounds or more. The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check and OIG check to the satisfaction of the employer.

To Apply: Resumes can be emailed  to Beverly McIntyre at beverly.mcintyre-gibson@fairfaxcounty.gov

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Job # ELT-CSB-12005
Salary: $13.39/hour; some positions may be eligible for benefits
Location: Various locations throughout Fairfax County

Provides overnight support to adults with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. Support and supervision will be provided during the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. The "asleep" hours will be 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. with the understanding that sleep hours may be interrupted if an individual needs assistance.  During awake hours, the counselor will assist with all individuals' needs.

Minimum Qualifications: Two years of experience in working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors.
Preferred Qualifications: Two or more years of experience in working with adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors in a residential setting. Knowledge of implementing person centered plans, Medicaid waiver and behavior management. Able to work weekday and weekend nights.
Special Requirements: Valid driver’s license. Ability to use the computer. Ability to assist non-ambulatory iindividuals in transferring. Ability to lift 30 pounds or more. The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check and OIG check to the satisfaction of the employer.

To Apply: Resumes can be emailed to Beverly McIntyre at beverly.mcintyre-gibson@fairfaxcounty.gov.

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Job # ELT-CSB-12006
Salary: Starting at $19.54/hour
Location: The Crisis Care Program at Woodburn Place, 3300 Woodburn Road, Annandale, VA 22003

Counselors needed to work with seriously mentally ill clients in crisis in a group home setting. Hours are on an as-needed basis and can include early mornings, late afternoons, evenings, awake overnights, weekends, and holidays. For more information about these positions, please contact Amy Miller at 703-205-9452.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in a human service field, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree plus significant experience working with seriously mentally ill adult consumers in either residential or inpatient hospital settings.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Email your resume to amy.miller@fairfaxcounty.gov.

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Job # ELT-CSB-12007
Salary: Starting at $19.15/hour (Grade S14)
Locations:

• Patrick Street Group Home (Vienna)
• Beacon Hill Group Home (Alexandria)
• Franconia Road Treatment Center (Alexandria)
• Residential Extensive Dual Diagnosis (REDD) Program (Alexandria)
• Residential Intensive Care Programs (Alexandria, Annandale, Reston)

Counselors needed to work with seriously mentally ill (SMI) and/or substance abusing adults. Hours are on an as-needed basis and can include early mornings, late afternoons, evenings, awake overnights and weekends.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human services field, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with SMI population.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Email your resume to CSBARSreliefops@fairfaxcounty.gov or fax your resume to 703-538-7442.

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Job # ELT-CSB-12008
Salary: Starting at $19.15/hour (Grade S14)
Location: Sojourn House Group Home, Fairfax

Relief Counselor positions are available at the Sojourn House therapeutic group home in Fairfax to work with eight seriously emotionally disturbed adolescent females. Duties include, but are not limited to, supervision of residents, shift coverage, implementation of behavior modification programs, counseling, recreation, and socialization groups and activities. Hours are on an as needed basis and can include evenings, awake overnights and weekends. For more information about these positions, call Cathy Lynch or Christine Heaton at 703-691-1685.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in a human services field, or within one year of graduation. Driver's license.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with adolescents in a group home.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Mail or fax your resume to:

Sojourn House Group Home
5120 First Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
Fax: 703-691-1986

Agency: Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Job # ELT-CSB-12009
Salary: $14.83 to $19.77/hour
Location: Various
Schedule: Provides needed day, evening, weekend and overnight shift coverage.

Relief counselor positions available in various substance abuse treatment and dual diagnosis sites in Fairfax County. Performs a wide range of counseling tasks in a residential program.

Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Submit your resume by email to augustine.aderiye@fairfaxcounty.gov or mail or fax it to:

Relief Counselor
Attn: Augustine Aderiye
3900 Jermantown Road, #200
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Fax: 703-934-8742

Agency: Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Job # ELT-JDR-12002
Salary: $18.41/hour (Grade S14)
Location: Juvenile Detention Center in Fairfax, Virginia
Schedule: Relief staff are scheduled on an as-needed basis (50% schedule ahead of time; 50% on-call). Day (7 a.m. - 3 p.m.), evening (3 - 11 p.m.), overnight (11 p.m. - 7 a.m.) weekend and holiday hours will be required. Availability is critical.

Responsible for direct care, security and control of residents. Staffs' active supervisory posture (sight and sound) ensures safety and security of youth and facility operations and that residents are treated with dignity and respect. Stimulates resident's interest and supervises their participation in a comprehensive activities program; instructs and participates in various stages of the FJDC program.  Assigns and supervises residents and participates in daily light housekeeping tasks. Maintains basic discipline and control of residents; observes residents constantly to detect potentially dangerous or deceptive acts. Utilizes physical crisis intervention as needed to bodily control disruptive or aggressive detainees. Through personal contacts, assists residents with adjustment to the program and to help to relieve residents’ anxieties and tensions by employing counseling procedures. Documents (per prescribed procedure) actions of assigned duty post during assigned shift.

Minimum Qualifications: Three years of college credit with major in a behavioral science. One year of work experience with children or adolescent group maybe substituted with one year of academic credit. 
Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a behavioral science with one year of experience working with at-risk adolescents.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check and a physical examination to the satisfaction of the employer.
Selection Procedure: Evaluation of relevant education and experience. Personal interview of top-rated applicants.

To Apply: Resume can be emailed to Mitch Ryan at mitchell.ryan@fairfaxcounty.gov or mailed or faxed to:

JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
ATTN: Mitch Ryan
10650 Page Avenue
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-246-2969
Fax: 703-384-1524

Agency: Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Job # ELT-JDR-12003
Salary: $18.41/hour (Grade S14)
Location: Foundations, in Fairfax, Virginia
Schedule: Day, evening, overnight, weekend and holiday hours required.

Cares for and supervises girls ages 14 - 17 in a community-based residential facility. Relief counselors will be responsible for program implementation and behavioral management of residents on an as-needed basis.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with courses in the behavioral sciences. Two years of work experience with children or adolescent groups may be substituted for two years of academic credit toward a bachelor's degree. Completion of a two-year certificate or associate's degree program in behavioral sciences from a community college or other college, and one year of full-time work experience with children or adolescent groups, one of which must have been with delinquent youth, preferably in an institutional or group home setting.
Selection Procedure: Evaluation of relevant education and experience. Personal interview of top-rated applicants.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Resume can be emailed to denise.studeny@fairfaxcounty.gov or mailed or faxed to:

FOUNDATIONS
Attention: Denise Studeny
12720 Lee Highway
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-830-2930
Fax: 703-502-9853

Agency: Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Job # ELT-JDR-12004
Salary: $18.41/hour (Grade S14)
Location: Shelter Care II in Fairfax, Virginia
Schedule: Evening, overnight, and weekend hours will be required. Must be available to work holidays.

Cares for and supervises residents. Responsible for program implementation and behavioral management of residents on an as-needed basis.

Minimum Qualifications: Third year college student majoring in courses in the behavioral sciences. One year's work experience with children or adolescent groups may be substituted for the one year of academic credit towards a bachelor's degree, or have completed a two-year certificate or associate's degree in behavioral sciences and one year of full-time work experience with adolescent groups, one of which must have been with delinquent youth, preferably in an institutional or group home setting.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Resume can be emailed to tom.hastings@fairfaxcounty.gov or mailed or faxed to:

SHELTER CARE II
Attention: Tom Hastings
10670 Page Avenue
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-2900
Fax: 703-273-7651

Agency: Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Job # ELT-JDR-12005
Salary: $18.41/hour (Grade S14)
Location: Boys Probation House in Fairfax, Virginia
Schedule: Day, evening, overnight, weekend and holiday hours required.

Cares for and supervises boys ages 14 - 17 in a community-based residential facility. Relief counselors will be responsible for program implementation and behavioral management of residents on an as-needed basis.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited college or university with courses in the behavioral sciences. Two years of work experience with children or adolescent groups may be substituted for two years of academic credit toward a bachelor's degree. Completion of a two-year certificate or associate's degree program in behavioral sciences from a community college or other college, and one year of full-time work experience with children or adolescent groups, one of which must have been with delinquent youth, preferably in an institutional or group home setting.
Selection Procedure: Evaluation of relevant education and experience. Personal interview of top rated applicants.
Special Requirements: The appointees to these positions will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.
Note: These positions are exempt and are not eligible for benefits such as health insurance, leave and retirement.

To Apply: Resume can be emailed to gregory.harper@fairfaxcounty.gov or mailed or faxed to:

BOYS PROBATION HOUSE
Attention: Gregory Harper
4410 Shirley Gate Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-591-0171
Fax: 703-591-6403