North Hollywood non-profit Drug and Alcohol Treatment program seeks full-time Bilingual (English/Spanish) Youth Services Counselor. The Bilingual Youth Mentor will work with youths, and their families, facilitating and supporting a Case Plan through the provision of school-based family and youth support services, mentoring through a social...
Basic Function: To act as liaison between CRI-Help and the Criminal Justice System and to assist the Senior Intake Specialist in scheduling and conducting interviews and admissions into Cri-Help’s residential program. Responsibilities: Prepare all court letters, court orders, progress reports, discharge reports and other information requested by the...
Meditation for the Day To work this program we need to develop our own understanding of a Higher Power. For many of us, this can be quite challenging. Since childhood, we’ve heard a number of teachings about God. But over the years, our experiences of life...
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