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Residential Counselor Per-Diem

$20.5 per hour

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.


Wayside offers a learning environment - free trainings and CEUs. We provide a teamwork atmosphere and career development support - a great place to grow your career!!!

Residential Counselors Per-Diem

Wayside Young Adults - Framingham

Salary: $20.50/hour.

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.

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.

We will train you in : Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR and First Aid
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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