Friday and Saturday Residential Counselor

CJR•Winchester, CT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Residential Counselor for the youth, you'll be a positive role model, leading engaging activities, supporting emotional growth, and helping youth develop life skills like cooking, time management, and teamwork. You'll supervise and care for up to four teens in a warm, trauma-informed environment, ensuring their safety and well-being while having fun with outings like hiking, go-karts, and movies. With a relaxed staff-to-youth ratio, you'll build respectful relationships, foster independence, and empower teens to thrive. Join us and be a hero in the lives of young people, guiding them toward a brighter future! This role involves ensuring the physical safety of youth, conducting routine headcounts and bed checks, and providing crisis intervention as needed. You will maintain professional boundaries and develop respectful, supportive relationships with youth. You will plan, lead, and facilitate organized daily activities and therapeutic groups, including Restorative Justice Practices and DBT-Lite. You will interpret program goals and treatment plans to youth and their families. You will complete all required documentation and reports accurately and promptly. You will monitor and support youth with physical or emotional needs to ensure safety. You will provide transportation for youth and families, including to school, jobs, activities, and appointments. You will reinforce and role-model individualized youth needs and treatment plans. You will foster independence, resilience, empathy, and teamwork among youth. You will support youth in developing life skills such as time management, food preparation, personal accountability, and good study habits; mentor them in these areas. You will assist with preparing youth for school, morning routines, meals, evening routines, and maintaining a clean, organized home environment. You will engage youth in recreational and prosocial activities such as fishing, hiking, YMCA visits, go-karts, movies, laser tag, basketball, and more. You will provide care for up to four youth, many referred by DCF, within a low staff-to-youth ratio (1:2 up to 1:4) in a trauma-informed, therapeutic group home environment. You will participate in ongoing training, team meetings, and supervision. You will provide support, guidance, and a home-like setting to promote youth development and make a positive impact in their lives.

Requirements

Minimum of 6 months of experience working with court-involved, at-risk, or similar youth populations
High school diploma or equivalent
Excellent interpersonal skills
Valid driver’s license to utilize a company-provided vehicle during work hours
Ability to work the listed schedule

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree or 60 college credits

Responsibilities

Ensure the physical safety of youth, conduct routine headcounts and bed checks, and provide crisis intervention as needed.
Maintain professional boundaries and develop respectful, supportive relationships with youth.
Plan, lead, and facilitate organized daily activities and therapeutic groups, including Restorative Justice Practices and DBT-Lite.
Interpret program goals and treatment plans to youth and their families.
Complete all required documentation and reports accurately and promptly.
Monitor and support youth with physical or emotional needs to ensure safety.
Provide transportation for youth and families, including to school, jobs, activities, and appointments.
Reinforce and role-model individualized youth needs and treatment plans.
Foster independence, resilience, empathy, and teamwork among youth.
Support youth in developing life skills such as time management, food preparation, personal accountability, and good study habits; mentor them in these areas.
Assist with preparing youth for school, morning routines, meals, evening routines, and maintaining a clean, organized home environment.
Engage youth in recreational and prosocial activities such as fishing, hiking, YMCA visits, go-karts, movies, laser tag, basketball, and more.
Provide care for up to four youth, many referred by DCF, within a low staff-to-youth ratio (1:2 up to 1:4) in a trauma-informed, therapeutic group home environment.
Participate in ongoing training, team meetings, and supervision.
Provide support, guidance, and a home-like setting to promote youth development and make a positive impact in their lives.

Benefits

Generous Paid Vacation Package (unused time eligible for carry over)
Generous Paid Sick Time (unused time eligible for carry over)
Paid Holiday Time (separate from vacation time)
Floating Holidays (separate from paid vacation time and paid holiday time)
Annual monetary incentives
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
Career Growth Opportunities
Company Celebrations & Employee Recognition Program
Employee discounts (cell phone, computer)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Qualified Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Employer Federal Student Aid
10%-20% tuition discount at many local educational institutions, including those listed by the CT Nonprofit Alliance