Community Living Counselor

Description :

Seeking Community Living Counselors to work in a team environment providing a diverse array of services. If you have knowledge and experience with trauma informed care, mental health, substance use, and community support services, join the dedicated team of professionals at USI! Interested applicants must enjoy making a difference, believe in a person’s ability to overcome amazing challenges, must be willing to learn and must be flexible, compassionate and a team player.

New Grads Welcome! Bilingual Candidates are encouraged to apply.

Programs with current Community Living Counselor openings :

Young Adult Services Transitional Living House (Willimantic)

Young Adult Services Program provides a diverse array of services including clinical, case management, vocational, recreational, transitional living and housing services for young adults, ages 18-25, who have a diagnosed mental illness and are in need of community-based support services in the Willimantic area.

This position will provide individual support and group counseling in a transitional living setting.

Milner House Transitional Living Program (Moosup)

Milner House is a licensed Transitional Living Program in Moosup, Connecticut. Working with our adults in mental health recovery to return to living independently.

Work as part of a team providing individual support and group counseling in a residential setting. Milner House is a 14-bed intensively staffed transitional living facility.

It serves people with severe and prolonged mental illness. The facility provides 24-hour coverage on three awake-shifts and is licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Work includes assisting and teaching people in adult daily living skills and social and emotional skill development. A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and ability to transport people in your own car is required.

Responsibilities include :

• Medication monitoring
• Transportation for people served
• Assists people in addressing medical and psychiatric needs
• Prepares and facilitates educational and skill building groups and one to one interventions as directed by the treatment plan
• Assist in the preparation of meals
• Individual and group counseling
• Crisis intervention and risk assessment
• Function as part of a team in support of person services
• Coordinate care with providers and families as needed
• Documentation
• House cleaning

Comprehensive training provided for all positions.

Schedule :

We have a variety of full-time and part-time positions available across 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts. All schedules may include flexing and some holidays.

Minimum Requirements :

• 1st and 2nd shift positions Associates Degree plus two years of appropriate experience required or Bachelors Degree in relevant human services field
• 3rd shift positions High School Diploma plus four years of appropriate experience required.

Salary Range :

$18.54 $20.98 per hour depending on experience

Bilingual Spanish / English Fluency : $19.48 $22.04 per hour depending on experience

Benefits :

• 4 weeks of vacation
• 12 holidays
• Paid sick time
• Very generous comprehensive benefit package for health, dental, life and disability insurance for individual and family coverage
• Training and tuition reimbursement & eligibility for National Health Service Corps loan repayment and scholarships
• Pre-tax medical and dependent care plans
• 403B Thrift Plan with an employer contribution after one year
30+ days ago