Awake Overnight Residential Counselor (Mental Health Services)

Vinfen • Lowell, MA

114d • $20

About The Position

As a Safe Haven Awake Overnight Counselor, you will provide support to and engage Safe Haven residents in a welcoming and comfortable setting, designed as a safe, low-demand alternative to the streets or shelters for people with significant histories of homelessness and psychiatric conditions, sometimes with substance misuse. You will meet residents' needs for privacy and safety, and gradually encourage their participation in working on their self-defined needs for income/benefits, finding permanent housing, addressing health issues, and building social support. Additional responsibilities include nightly cleaning and filing. Together with staff and residents, the Safe Haven Awake Overnight Counselor foster a place of mutual respect, support, caring and collaboration; where safety, health, and learning are paramount and attaining permanent housing is the goal.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• CPR certification required within two weeks of hire
• First Aid certification required within two weeks of hire
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation Division New Employee Training courses required, excluding MAP
• Crisis Intervention/Staff Safety and Infectious Diseases training required within six months of hire
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have a current, valid US driver's license for at least 6 months

Nice To Haves

• Experience in social services or mental health field
• Experience working with individuals with psychiatric conditions
• Experience in crisis intervention

Responsibilities

• Provide support to Safe Haven residents
• Engage residents in a welcoming and comfortable setting
• Meet residents' needs for privacy and safety
• Encourage participation in self-defined needs for income/benefits
• Assist in finding permanent housing
• Address health issues
• Build social support
• Perform nightly cleaning and filing

Benefits

• Fully funded employer-sponsored retirement plan with no employee contribution
• Employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Generous employer contribution toward medical insurance
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• 15 days of Vacation per year
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 10 Sick Days per year
• 3 Personal Days per year
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap
• Discounted YMCA memberships
• Access to discounted movie tickets

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Education Level: High school or GED