Salary : $4,876.00 - $8,788.00 Monthly
Location : Monroe, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 403SCY-224150-GOL
Department: Office of Juvenile Justice
Opening Date: 07/30/2026
Closing Date: 8/4/2026 11:59 PM Central

The Office of Juvenile Justice is seeking a skilled, compassionate Professional Counselor 6 to provide advanced therapeutic services within the Juveniles Understanding & Managing their Problems (JUMP) program. This role is ideal for a licensed mental health professional who excels in structured treatment, clinical assessment, and collaborative teamwork.

As a Professional Counselor 6, you'll deliver evidence-based interventions, support youth through individualized and group treatment, and contribute to a multidisciplinary approach that promotes accountability, emotional growth, and long-term behavioral change. You'll maintain high clinical standards, uphold professional ethics, and help guide both youth and staff through consistent therapeutic practices.

If you're a steady, thoughtful clinician who values structured treatment, teamwork, and meaningful impact, this position offers an opportunity to support youth rehabilitation and strengthen the JUMP program's mission.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) plus four years of licensed counseling experience.
Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:

• Provides intensive clinical treatment - conducts weekly individual therapy, facilitates phase-specific CBT groups, and delivers monthly family sessions for youth in the JUMP program.
• Facilitates specialized treatment groups - leads structured groups across all phases, including Social Skills, Impulse Control, Healthy Masculinity, Healthy Sexuality, Anger Management, Empathy, and Relapse Prevention.
• Conducts assessments and treatment planning - completes behavioral analyses, updates IIPs, participates in interdisciplinary staffing, and ensures treatment plans reflect CBT-based interventions.
• Manages documentation and case records - maintains accurate physical and electronic records, submits clinical documentation within required timelines, and prepares reports for courts and referral agencies.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams - works closely with clinical supervisors, case managers, security staff, medical/mental health providers, and educational personnel to support youth progress.
• Provides supervision and staff development - completes CPM evaluations, counsels subordinates, ensures timely timekeeping, and consults with Social Worker 7 on personnel actions.
• Maintains professional standards - meets CEU requirements, maintains licensure, attends required trainings, and follows agency policies and communication standards.

Position-Specific Details:
Work Location: This vacancy is located at the Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe, Louisiana.
Appointment Type: Full-time, Probational

The incumbent of this position must not have been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1 (c)

How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Garilyn London
OJJ/ Human Resources
In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of Juvenile Justice to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to be considered for employment.

01

Are you a current classified employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice serving with permanent status?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you currently under indictment for a felony charge or have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

• Yes
• No

03

If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.
04

Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt, or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse?

• Yes
• No

05

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
06

Have you ever been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in any sexual activity in the community or confinement setting?

• Yes
• No

07

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
08

Have you ever engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility or juvenile facility or any other facility type (as defined in 42 U.S.C 1997)?

• Yes
• No

09

If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.
10

Have you ever been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1 (c)?

• Yes
• No

11

Are you currently registered as either a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with the Louisiana Board of Licensed Professional Counselors?

• Yes
• No

12

If you answered 'Yes' to the previous question, please enter the license type, license number, and expiration date below. If you answered 'No', enter N/A.
13

Have you ever worked in a 24-hour State facility?

• Yes
• No

14

If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Office of Juvenile Justice Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse.Do you authorize the Office of Juvenile Justice, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Office of Juvenile Justice that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice.Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice.Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

• Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.
• No. Do not contact my employers, past or present.

Required Question