Safe Haven Awake Overnight Residential Counselor (Mental Health Services)

Vinfen • Winston-Salem, NC

7d • $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.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits,
career growth and job security!

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree preferred. In some cases, experience may be substituted for academic training.
• CPR is required within two weeks of hire
• First Aid is required within two weeks of hire
• Psychiatric Rehabilitation Division New Employee Training courses are required, excluding MAP
• Crisis Intervention/Staff Safety and Infectious Diseases are required within six months of hire
• All applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a current, valid, US drivers' license for at least 6 months.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Provide support to and engage Safe Haven residents
• Meet residents' needs for privacy and safety
• Encourage residents' participation in working on their self-defined needs for income/benefits, finding permanent housing, addressing health issues, and building social support
• Nightly cleaning
• Filing
• Foster a place of mutual respect, support, caring and collaboration

Benefits

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week): 15 days of Vacation per year 11 Paid Holidays 10 Sick Days per year 3 Personal Days per year
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED