Awake Overnight Residential Counselor (Brain Injury)

Vinfen • Freetown, MA

5d

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 to people served and teaches skills that enhance independence and quality of life. The role helps maintain a safe, secure, and clean residential environment. While a primary work location will be assigned, coverage at other sites may be required to meet operational, scheduling, and staffing needs.

The position supports and implements treatment programs, including individual service plans, participates in treatment planning as appropriate, maintains records and progress notes, and collects behavioral and academic data. The counselor assists people served with activities of daily living, monitors physical and emotional needs, handles medication in accordance with applicable requirements and company policy, and responds to emergencies. The role also involves maintaining the residence, providing transportation when needed, supporting staff orientation, attending required training and meetings, and meeting required staff-to-person-served ratios.

The counselor must remain awake, alert, and dressed throughout the entire overnight shift. The work is physically active and includes assisting clients with daily living tasks, site upkeep, and responding to behavioral or medical emergencies.

Requirements

• Three months to one year of experience in a related function.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• A valid driver's license must be presented at employment; must be at least 21 years old, have held a valid US driver's license for at least six months, and pass a driver's screening background check.
• If using a personal vehicle, maintain adequate insurance and a safe driving record, subject to annual checks.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb, sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways.
• Ability to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting techniques or a two-person lift.
• Ability to assist clients with activities 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.
• Ability to operate a computer and office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer.
• CPR certification required within two weeks of hire.
• First Aid certification required within two weeks of hire.
• MAP certification required within 150 days of hire.
• PBS Tier 1 certification required within 150 days of hire.
• Safety Care certification required within 90 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 participate in treatment planning when appropriate.
• Maintain records for people served, collect behavioral and academic data, maintain progress notes, and document incidents, programs, and routine activities in communication logs.
• Train and support people served with activities of daily living, including showering, personal hygiene, dressing, and household chores.
• Conduct and document fire and safety training for people served.
• Monitor the physical and emotional needs of people served and report changes to a supervisor.
• Store, administer, document, and dispose of medication in accordance with MAP requirements, funding source regulations, and company policy.
• Participate in mandated training and staff meetings and assist with new-staff orientation.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements and corporate and divisional policies and procedures.
• Perform hands-on program tasks to implement support plans and maintain program-site safety and upkeep, including housekeeping, snow shoveling, and garbage removal as needed.
• Provide transportation as necessary.
• Maintain required staff-to-person-served ratios 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.
• Remain awake, alert, and dressed throughout the entire shift.
• 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 costs.
• Employer-paid life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term disability insurance.
• Employer-paid short-term disability insurance for qualifying employees.
• Health and dependent-care flexible spending reimbursement accounts.
• 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