Residential Counselor

This position is eligible for the one-time $750 sign-on bonus payable after the completion of 90 days of employment.

What You’ll Be Doing You will provide appropriate support in a trauma-informed therapeutic environment that promotes the physical, mental, and behavioral health of residents and assists residents in developing their life skills.  Your Main Priorities While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily :

• Responsible for the overall care of the residents, i.e., health and hygiene, education, and social / emotional well-being
• Cultivate a trauma-informed environment by understanding the short and long-term impacts of trauma and neglect, responding to the residents and their family / caretakers with empathy, sensitivity, and respect and maintaining trauma-sensitive interactions.
• Collaborate as a member of the therapeutic staff team in exercising responsibilities and in such a way as to reinforce the residential philosophy and program protocols.
• Supervise the interactions and activities of residents; actively engage in day-to-day structured and unstructured recreational activities and life skill development and maintenance.
• Implement both agency and individualized behavior management practices utilizing appropriate trauma-sensitive techniques to monitor, assess and document situations and client status.
• Implement crisis intervention techniques in accordance with policy, procedure and agency training and ensure that non-violent physical interventions are implemented only if a client is an immediate risk to self or others.

Who You Are Requirements, Skills & Abilities :

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies :