Job detail
Residential Counselor Per-Diem
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
#Behavioral Health#CPR#Youth Services#First Aid#Motivational Interviewing#Residential Care#MAP Certification#Therapeutic Crisis Intervention#Trauma Informed Practice#Courageous Conversations
UnknownOn Site0-2 yrs$21 / HOURPosted 1 day ago
Location
Framingham, Massachusetts
Salary
$21 / HOUR
Quick overview
Directly supervise and engage with youth residents in daily routines and recreational activities. Support skill building and provide basic needs including meals and a clean living environment.
Requirements summary
Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and a valid driver's license. No college degree is necessary as training is provided for specific certifications.
high schoolCommunicationMedication AdministrationCrisis InterventionRisk ManagementCreative ThinkingClient TransportationPositive Role ModelingTrauma Informed Practice
Job description
- 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
Benefits
- CEUs
- Career Development Support
- Free Trainings