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Residential Counselor

$42.64k - $44.72k
Full-time

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team!

Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions.

We invest in our employees' wellness with comprehensive benefits, including tuition and training reimbursement, a PTO package with 3 wellness days, 9 paid holidays, and up to 3 weeks of vacation in the first year. Enjoy a learning environment with free training, CEUs, and more, along with exceptional medical benefits, financial health supports, and career development opportunities.

Apply today and earn a $2,000.00 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time)!

Residential Counselors

Young Adult Program - Somerville

Salary Range: $20.50 - $21.50/hour depending on experience + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time).

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has open positions where you can begin to build a career! No college degree necessary! Wayside provides a warm work environment with team focused management that places value on healthy work dynamics. A perfect job for folks who like to be busy, creative and offer innovative care to youth and families.

Schedule: This position requires coverage for Tuesday-Saturday second shift (2:00 PM-10:00 PM) OR Sunday-Thursday second shift (2:00PM-10:00PM).

What You Will Do:

  • Directly supervise and engage with youth/residents in activities and daily routines.
  • Support skill building for all youth/residents through collaborative team work.
  • Show yourself to be a willing learner in trainings and maintain necessary certifications.
  • Facilitating recreational activities for clients, working with the staff team to ensure the program structure while providing positive role modeling for youth.
  • Safe client transportation and medication administration once MAP certified.
  • Assist the program in providing basic needs for clients, such as regular meals, a safe and clean living environment, recreational activities, and appropriate hygiene.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

  • High quality communication skills show an ability to connect with others, approachability, being respectful to others, able to communicate with others at all levels.
  • Reflective self-awareness.
  • Ability to manage risk.
  • Dynamic ability to support youth.
  • Demonstrates flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, processes, and procedures).

Minimum Requirements:

  • Valid drivers’ license required - motor vehicle background record checks will be completed.
  • High School degree or equivalent required.
  • Evenings and weekends required as part of scheduled shifts.
  • Coverage of holiday shifts.
  • Participation in mandatory stay late coverage rotation.

We will train you in : Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR and First Aid

Vacancy posted 5 days ago
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