Men of Valor
For 27 years, Men of Valor (MOV) has served incarcerated men and their families. With a mission to disciple men to become givers to society rather than takers, MOV works with men while they are inside prison or jail and as they reenter society. MOV has two Aftercare Academies, our Antioch (Nashville) campus houses 93 men and our Knoxville campus houses 30 men. Additionally, there is a Child & Family Ministry working on family reunification as well as a Hispanic ministry working with Spanish speakers.
Position Overview
Love and encourage Men of Valor staff, volunteers, and participants in such a way that reflects and honors Christ. Represent Men of Valor as a therapist to counsel and inform our students and the incarcerated population about trauma, addiction, and therapy. Work closely with the Counseling Director to cultivate a safe and healthy environment for Men of Valor staff and participants, to include the launching and supporting of a more robust counseling program for Men of Valor at our reentry campuses and for Men of Valor program participants in prisons and jails.
Salary
$70,000 + competitive benefits package. This is a grant funded position.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Establish and Facilitate a Licensed Professional Counseling Program on MOV Campuses and with program participants in prisons and jails.
Build an intern program with a partner university for counselors at the master’s level and above
Develop curriculum and best practices surrounding trauma and addiction to be applied in programs, individual, and group therapy for the incarcerated and reentering populations
At times will be called to facilitate individual and group therapy sessions
Develop a metric system to track overall counseling effectiveness (for grant purposes)
Implement the most effective modalities for ACE’s & Prison Trauma (EMDR, IFS Therapy, etc.)
Work with Departments of Correction, jails, CoreCivic, and relevant Men of Valor staff to establish protocol for programming inside state prisons
Assist in recruiting additional therapists and assistants:
Train professional therapists for Prison Counseling Program
Train or facilitate training for Certified Peer Recovery Specialists
Attend monthly full-staff meetings
Attend monthly front-line team meetings (when necessary)
Other duties as needed or assigned.
Knowledge and Skills:
Is a Christ-follower with a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as his or her Lord and Savior
Is a people-oriented team player and is driven to serve others
Possesses strong interpersonal skills, is humble, gentle, dignified, and respectful of others.
Ability to react appropriately under pressure, apply good judgment, use sound decision-making and problem-solving skills in a deadline-driven environment; is flexible with your time and schedule
The ability to adapt to changing priorities and meet expected deadlines; pays attention to detail
Can prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously with an orientation toward accomplishment
Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with various individuals throughout MOV and outside organizations
Ability to handle confidential matters discreetly and efficiently
Must be able to use discretion in matters related to the ministry and use your best judgment to problem solve and guide the client through Biblical principles
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision
Access, knowledge, and daily utilization of office equipment, Microsoft Office Suite, Google, TEAMS, Divvy (credit card), and Workforce (TIME) applications
Strong record keeping ability and administrative skills
Requirements
A master’s degree in counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or related field
A state licensure for professional counseling (LPC, LCSW, MFT)
Required to work a flexible schedule including some night and weekend availability
A valid driver’s license and active personal car insurance.
Personal professional liability insurance
20% Travel requirements to counsel, teach, attend ministry events, and ministry functions.
American with Disabilities Specifications
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, perform repetitive physical and mental activities, have face to face and telephone contact with individuals or teams, have telephone conversations, write letters and memos, use electronic mail, meet strict deadlines, work with others in a group or team, and work with external customers of the public. Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The work is performed indoors in environmentally controlled conditions, as well as outdoors in various weather conditions. The noise level in the work environments is usually moderate.
To apply please email: Alfonso@movministry.com
This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position and is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Employee should perform all duties as assigned by his supervisor.
Full Time
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Men of Valor
Men of Valor is committed to winning men in prison to Jesus Christ and discipling them. Our purpose is to equip them to re-enter society as men of integrity – becoming givers to the community rather than takers.
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