Domestic Sites
Youth Counseling
Marian Hall
New York, NY
GSV Role
There is one GSV at Marian Hall whose role as Youth Development Counselor includes to assist the girls in their own personal development, healing, and growth.
This includes organizing field trips and group activities, escorting girls to medical appointments and errands, organize “housekeeping” responsibilities in the home such as chores and room cleaning, and assisting in conflict mediation. The GSV also can be a personal counselor for some girls, in which they meet with the girls more regularly and provide them personal support.
Marian Hall, a community group residence, serves teenage girls who are unable to live at home and have been referred by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. The residence is an open setting, where the young women are able to come and go to school or jobs in the community, maintain regular contact with their families and participate in social activities, while still being a safe and structured environment where they comprehensive services to resolve the problems that led to placement and prepare them for independent adulthood. These services include individual, group and family therapy, job readiness activities, educational and vocational counseling, medical care, mentoring and recreational activities.
