Do you enjoy hiking, canoeing, and living outdoors?

Do you want a comfortable and supportive work environment?

Want to lead a group of adolescents to personal victory and success?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions then Three Springs, Inc. may have the perfect job for you!!!!

Youth Counselor

Company Overview
Three Springs, Inc., started in 1985 in Huntsville, AL, is a haven for youth that need a place where they can feel accepted in all their struggles, challenged to grow, and nurtured in their strengths. For the past 23 years Three Springs, Inc. has successfully helped boys and girls who experience emotional, behavioral, and learning issues.

At Three Springs of North Carolina, focus is placed on the “here and now” issues of the child’s life, helping the child to understand proper roles and boundaries that exist in everyone’s life. Residents participate in the positive peer culture away from the distractions of the home environment, and learn about themselves by working through a Stage System.

Job Duties

• The Outdoor Youth Counselor is part of a team of three that is responsible for providing guidance, group structure and therapeutic experiences that assist the emotional development of a group of 10-12 students with behavioral, emotional, or substance abuse issues.
• The Outdoor Youth Counselor observes, documents, and provides approved treatment interventions for assigned residents.
• The Outdoor Youth Counselor also facilitates each student's development through therapeutic activities such as challenge courses as well as hiking and canoeing trips in the spring through the fall.
• The Outdoor Youth Counselor serves as a role model and helps students form honest relationships, develop positive self-worth, and work together toward common goals.
• This Outdoor Youth Counselor position has heavy resident contact with time spent in group therapy, academic/vocational classes, leisure/recreational experiences along with other activities of daily living.
• This is a 3 day residential position with 72 hours off each shift.

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