Intensive Home-Based Counselor/Social Worker - $3,500 Bonus

The Buckeye Ranch

📍Columbus, OH
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Intensive Home-Based Counselor/Social Worker - $3,500 Bonus

Company

The Buckeye Ranch

Location

Columbus, OH

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416902548

Job Description

The Buckeye Ranch is currently seeking an
Intensive Home-Based Counselor/ Social Worker
to join our Community Based IHBT program! The Intensive Home-Based Counselor / Social Worker empowers youth and their families to overcome dynamics that put youth at risk for being removed from their homes. The programs provide a variety of intensity of mental health interventions to our most at need clients in the community. Learn more about IHBT HERE

Learn About The Buckeye Ranch
For decades, The Buckeye Ranch has been restoring hope and providing healing for children, youth, and families in Central Ohio. Our continuum of care addresses every stage and aspect of what children may be experiencing after traumas caused by mental illness, abuse, or neglect. With help from The Buckeye Ranch, they’re empowered to overcome obstacles, tap into their resilience, and move forward toward healthy, fulfilling lives.

What You’ll Do

  • Identifies history of trauma, adversity and/or toxic stress that influence presenting problem(s), functioning, and family interaction styles. Determines the level of immediate and future risk of abuse or neglect to children.

  • Identifies cultural factors that influence strengths, functioning, and family interaction styles for both the family and client for utilization of treatment.

  • Adapts services, including evidence-based inter-professional team approaches, to the language, cultural norms, and individual preferences of healthcare consumers and family members.

  • Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement. Identify and determine the need for more intensive or specialized services, and complete referrals for more appropriate services internal or external programming.

  • Participate in clinical supervision, scheduled team meetings and bi-weekly large group supervision. Must contact supervisor if unable to keep these meetings.

  • Schedule and conduct therapeutic counseling sessions with individuals, families and treatment teams based on cases assigned and at the established acuity for each family. Appointments must be made at times that families can participate; evening work is expected. Work with supervisor to adjust acuity when the needs of the families change.

  • Take appropriate initiatives to manage crisis situations(including but not limited to suicidal/homicidal, threats to self or others, etc.), implementing , including direct client intervention and face to face assessment, gathering information from client and their natural support system, obtaining assistance (or providing assistance as the case may be), staying with a crisis situation until it is resolved, or relief is provided and filing incident reports with designated individuals and agencies on a timely basis.

  • Provide Crisis Intervention on call as assigned and all duties related to crises while maintaining model consistency.

Our Benefits
Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment.

  • Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance.

  • Paid Time Off (Three weeks within the first year)

  • Company Paid Life Insurance

  • Free CEUs and Supervision Hours

  • Company Paid Short Term Disability

  • 401K + Employer Contribution

  • Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness Program

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Tuition Assistance

  • Employee Referral Program

Qualifications
Who you are:

  • You have a bachelor’s degree in social work, or related field; master’s degree preferred.

  • You have an active Ohio LSW, LPC, or MFT license.

  • You preferably have previous work experience as a Social Worker, Counselor, Therapist, or Clinician.

  • You have an active Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen. At this time, The Buckeye Ranch is unable to provide sponsorship for a work visa. All applicants must be eligible to work, within the United States, without the need of employer sponsorship.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you go about identifying a client's history of trauma and toxic stress, and how does that assessment influence your treatment planning and understanding of family interaction styles?
  • 2.This role requires adapting evidence-based practices to fit a family's cultural norms and individual preferences. Can you walk me through how you ensure your therapeutic approach is culturally responsive?
  • 3.When conducting a risk assessment in a home-based setting, what specific factors do you evaluate to determine the immediate and future risk of abuse or neglect to children?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time when you had to engage a resistant primary caregiver in change-oriented treatment. How did you identify and overcome their barriers to engagement?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you managed a high-risk crisis, such as suicidal or homicidal threats, while in a community or home-based setting. What steps did you take to ensure safety?
  • 3.Give an example of a time you had to adjust your schedule or the acuity of services to meet a family's changing needs, including working evening hours. How did you manage that flexibility?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You arrive at a client's home for a scheduled session and find the youth highly escalated, making threats to others in the home. How do you handle this crisis situation from start to finish?
  • 2.You are working with a family whose cultural norms regarding discipline conflict with the evidence-based treatment model you are using. How do you navigate this while maintaining model consistency?

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Intensive Home-Based TreatmentIHBTTrauma-Informed CareCrisis InterventionRisk AssessmentFamily TherapyCaregiver EngagementCultural CompetencyLSWLPCEvidence-Based PracticeMandated Reporting

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