Peace in Positivity: Commonwealth Candidates a Positive Vibe for Kids Peace

Working with children struggling with behavior and emotional challenges is not easy.  Nor is helping children heal from trauma.  Kids Peace provides direct mental health care for students with emotional and behavioral challenges in inpatient, outpatient or school settings, including after school programs and foster care.  And Commonwealth grads.

Kids Peace has been a regular attendee at Commonwealth University’s Career Connections Expos which seek to connect CU students with employers interested in hiring them for jobs and internships.  Kids Peace attends several industry-specific expos throughout the academic year to find therapists, nurses, educators and social work staff.

“We are looking for top notch candidates for the various opportunities we have throughout Pennsylvania,” explained Denise Reyes, Recruiting Team Lead for Kids Peace.” Commonwealth University has programs related to the positions for which we seek to hire and we have seen great results with their graduates.”

While the academic skillset of Kids Peace professionals are important, an understanding of and desire to work with the type of children who make up their clientele is equally so.  Reyes explains that trauma is a difficult thing for children to process and carry, and is often a cause of behavioral or emotional struggles. For those upon whom trauma has been inflicted, it is important that those who help care for them understand their needs and genuinely care about their well-being. Such care has wide reaching effects.

“Education is great but having the courage and understanding to work with these kids is paramount,” explained Reyes.  “We need people who want to make a difference and better our society. Our kids are our future and if we can get them to make safe and confident choices, we won’t have as much adult violence.”

Reyes says she has been impressed with the Commonwealth students who had a genuine passion for the mental health field and had thought about the trauma in their own lives. She said many were “personable”, “positive” and “excited”.  

“I enjoyed seeing the excitement and personal interest,” said Reyes. “Positivity is something I always look for and one’s energy makes a difference in how other people feel and relate to you.  Finding positive vibes is always helpful.”  

“There were a few students who knew exactly what they wanted and where they wanted to be,” added Reyes. “It was refreshing to see students who had a goal.”

If you are an employer interested in recruiting our students, please email recruit@commonwealthu.edu