Trauma Intervention Counselor

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 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time)!

Trauma Intervention Counselor

Milford Trauma Intervention Services

Salary Range: $23.50 - $27.00/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).

What You Will Do:

• Provide crisis intervention, advocacy, individual, family, and group counseling to survivors and significant others affected by domestic violence, rape/sexual assault, as well as support to children who witnessed violence.
• Provide emergency response to hotline callers, legal advocacy and medical advocacy during daytime hours as well as be on rotation coverage for nights, weekends and holiday shifts.
• Conduct assessments; develop safety plans, complete required documentation
• Liaison with other area providers.
• Maintains and reports on funder's quarterly and annual statistics.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• A passion for, and a commitment to working with survivors.
• Sensitivity and awareness of systems available to serve survivors.
• Talent connecting with people.
• Strong communication skills –both written and verbal, as well as public speaking.
• Ability to assess and manage risk/crisis.
• Capacity to maintain clients per their need.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work with social media platforms.
• Learns, uses, and models good self-care in work with crime victims.
• Flexibility, creative thinking to adapt for competing priorities.
• Is passionate about anti-racism, anti-oppression in its many forms, and supporting survivors.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or equivalent.
• Two years’ experience working with individuals, groups, and families or equivalent life/work experience.
• Experience working with victims and/or criminal justice system is desirable.
• Bilingual Spanish/Portuguese preferred.
• Driving in the community is a requirement of this position; please ensure you have a valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle.

We will train you in: Rape Crisis Training; Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC); Trauma Informed Practice; Risk and Safety Assessment.