Congregate Residential Counselor -Part-Time

The Home for Little Wanderers • Boston, MA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids. For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future. The Home for Little Wanderers' Harrington House is looking for Part-Time Residential Counselors to care for children in their Dorchester location. In the group home, children or adolescents, ranging in age from 8-15 are in transition back to their families or going on to independent living, but need support in order to make a successful transition back to their communities. The program provides residential treatment by offering a safe, structured home-like, living environment. The children participate fully in the community through school attendance and extracurricular activities. Additionally, the programs offer clinical services, health services, psychiatric services, educational assistance, milieu therapy, and case management services.

Requirements

• Passing the CORI/background check and having a valid ID
• Being physically active for an 8-10 hour shift
• Participating in verbal de-escalation and physical intervention with youth
• Multi-tasking in a changing and fast-paced treatment environment
• Receiving and implement feedback in the moment and through a structured supervision process
• Ability to work evenings, holidays, weekend shifts as required
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver’s license required

Nice To Haves

• Life experience with parenting and/or childcare preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, supportive environment for children.
• Communicate with other counselors from previous shifts to ensure the continued flow of information and coordinate activity log of daily living.
• Care for children in the Dorchester location.
• Support children or adolescents (ranging in age from 8-15) in transition back to their families or going on to independent living.
• Ensure children participate fully in the community through school attendance and extracurricular activities.

Benefits

• Opportunity to enroll in The Home’s Impact Corps - a fellowship learning track designed to provide adults with an opportunity to help serve vulnerable children and young adults while gaining industry experience in counseling, education, clinical roles, and leadership.
• New training
• Hone your skills
• Eligible for bonuses adding up to $5,000 upon successful completion of Impact Corps.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees