Youth Counselor Resume Examples

Responsible Youth Counselor dedicated to improving wellbeing behavior and coping skills of at-risk youth. Motivated to build effective working relationships with patients families and interdisciplinary staff to ensure needs are met and improvements are made in patient lives.

• Establish boundaries for children including positive and negative behavior responses.
• Utilize diverse interventions and counseling methods to model coping skills.
• Present individuals and groups with situations and effective responses.
• Analyze patient behaviors and conduct sessions focused on improving wellbeing.
• Collaborate with parents guardians and educational personnel on interventions.

• Assisted patients in developing life skills to handle daily and complex situations.
• Lead activities for youth groups to provide positive experiences.
• Provided crisis intervention services 24/7.
• Responded to patient and family questions and provided information on goals.
• Assessed patient conditions and made treatment recommendations.

• Met with youth and families to complete initial information intake.
• Helped management determine which individuals would best benefit from camp environment.
• Conducted weekly and daily sessions with campers to examine issues and develop treatments.
• Supported individual exploration of deep-seated issues and negative responses.
• Modeled positive behaviors and introduced coping techniques.