Awake Overnight Residential Counselor

Vinfen • Bloomfield, CT

2d

About The Position

The Awake Overnight Residential Counselor is responsible for overnight program activities in a community living arrangement. The counselor provides individual and group support, teaches skills that enhance independence and quality of life, and helps maintain a safe, secure, and clean residential environment. The counselor must remain awake, alert, and dressed throughout the entire shift.

The position supports people served with treatment programs, daily living skills, medication, documentation, safety, and transportation. It also involves responding to behavioral or medical emergencies, maintaining required staffing ratios, and completing physical tasks needed to support the program.

Requirements

• Three months to one year of experience in a related function.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license presented at employment; must be at least 21 years old, have held a valid U.S. driver’s license for at least six months, and pass a driver screening background check.
• If using a personal vehicle, maintain adequate insurance and a safe driving record, subject to annual checks.
• Ability to remain awake, alert, and dressed throughout the entire shift.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, and climb; lift at least 25 pounds using proper techniques or a two-person lift; sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways.
• Ability to operate a computer and office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer.
• Ability to assist clients with tasks of daily living.
• Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with clients, staff, and external representatives.
• Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• CPR certification required within two weeks of hire.
• First Aid certification required within two weeks of hire.
• MAC required, following Connecticut guidelines.
• Safety Care certification required within 60 days of hire.
• Knowledge and use of different communication styles.
• Knowledge of empowerment, self-advocacy, and advocacy techniques.
• Knowledge of participatory planning and crisis intervention techniques.
• Teaching skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues.
• Knowledge of required physical personal management and household management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing treatment programs, including ISP/PSTPs and clinical programs, and may participate in treatment planning.
• Maintain records for people served, collect behavior and academic data, maintain progress notes, and document incidents, programs, and routine activities in a communication log.
• Train and support people served in activities of daily living, including showering, personal hygiene, dressing, and household chores.
• Conduct fire and safety training for people served and document it in the training log.
• Monitor physical and emotional needs and report changes to the supervisor.
• Store, administer, document, and dispose of medication in accordance with MAC requirements, funding source regulations, and company policy.
• Participate in mandated training and staff meetings as directed by the Site Manager, assist with new staff orientation, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Follow corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, workers’ compensation, universal precautions, and exposure control.
• Perform hands-on program tasks to implement support plans and maintain site safety and upkeep, including housekeeping, snow shoveling, and garbage removal.
• Provide transportation as necessary.
• Maintain the required staff-to-person-served ratio at all times and provide last-minute coverage as required.
• Provide physical intervention and/or first aid during behavioral or medical emergencies and serve as a reporter to the Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Fully funded 401(a) employer-sponsored retirement plan requiring no employee contribution.
• Employee-funded 403(b) plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for eligible employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, with an employer contribution toward medical insurance.
• Employer-paid life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance.
• Employer-paid short-term disability insurance for qualifying employees.
• Flexible spending reimbursement accounts for health and dependent care.
• Voluntary term life, whole life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Paid time off for employees scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED