Overnight Youth Counselor

Overnight Youth Counselor

Mount Prospect Academy

Job Title : Awake Overnight Youth Counselor (Overnight Direct Care Support Youth Professional)

Reports to : Program Director

Pay Rate up to $19.00hr

Location : Plymouth, NH

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Join our dedicated team as an Overnight Residential Youth Counselor , where you will play a pivotal role in providing a safe and nurturing environment for the young individuals in our care. As a key member of our residential facility, you will be responsible for the overnight supervision and support of our residents, helping to foster stability, personal growth, and healing during the critical hours of the night. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of youth and are committed to their well-being, we invite you to bring your compassion and expertise to a role that is both challenging and deeply rewarding.

Plymouth is ideally situated just a hop, skip and a jump off of Route 93. Nestled in the beautiful White Mountains you can work where you play. MPA Plymouth serve adolescent males in residential treatment and the youth counselor position is vital to supporting mental and behavioral health needs.

Company Background

Mount Prospect Academy (MPA) has evolved to offer a variety of mental & behavioral health support services to a diverse population of “hard to treat” and “difficult to place” adolescents. Our targeted services include home and community-based treatment, residential treatment programs, group homes, and special education schools. MPA is known for its ability to achieve successful outcomes with difficult-to-serve individuals throughout New England.

Mission :

MPA's mission is to provide a caring, safe therapeutic environment where students have the opportunity to grow and acquire the skills, they need to reach their educational and social potential. We aim to develop trusting relationships with students and facilitate experiences that promote their ability to self-regulate; manage thoughts and feelings; and develop feelings of safety, confidence, and competency.

Awake Overnight Responsibilities :

Responsible for service delivery to the students in accordance with program goals and each students' Individual Treatment Plan. Connection with students is our primary means to gain understanding, compassion, and forge treatment progress. Providing meaningful and life-relevant programming with engages youth is our primary means of facilitating a positive program culture and making treatment progress possible for our students.

• Assist second shift faculty in the completion of bedtime routine.
• Prepare students for the day during wake-up routine and hygiene to ensure seamless transition to first shift.
• Seek information pertinent to students' acute issue which may affect the overnight.
• Conduct fifteen-minute bed-checks with compassion and in accordance with policy.
• Provide floating crisis support to students engaging in unsafe behaviors.
• Encourage student success and engage students
• Practices 100% supervision of students.
• Celebrate student successes, reinforce positive behavior, and encourage growth from adversity.
• Engage and connect with students as a compassionate and understanding professional
• Gain TCI certification and practice TCI principles.
• Utilize an understanding of ARC to provide a framework for student success.
• Manage students' crisis with compassion and understanding, seeking positive outcomes.
• Facilitate the residential routine with intention and thoughtful planning.
• Attend work with punctuality and manage time effectively.
• Participate in pre-shift meetings.
• Plan and execute life-relevant and meaningful programming.
• Internalize daily schedule, show understanding of programmatic rituals and routines.
• Encourage and teach students to engage in stewardship of their environment and themselves.
• Understand and apply knowledge of risk factors, protective factors, and mental health in the execution of the program's residential treatment model.
• Learn and understand the effect of trauma, medical, psychological, and other risk factors.
• Participate in the program's residential treatment model.
• Seek student specific information through ITPs, training, and assessments.
• Practice negotiation, cooperation, and collaboration with students towards the program's goals.
• Professionally document service delivery and behavior-related incidents in a timely manner, such as :
• Chore logs, and community-specific documentation.
• Incident Reports, FYIs, Pro-Socials.
• Administrator On-Duty Reports.
• ICMP & Strengths-Based Tracking Sheets.
• Residential Milieu Notes.
• Weekly and Monthly reports as required by the program.
• Actively gain understanding of the importance of accurate and timely documentation.
• Act as a professional, and seek professional improvement
• Manage personal stress effectively by regulation of personal agitation levels.
• Establish rapport with students while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Intentionally seek supervision, mentorship, and professional development.
• Connect the program's policies to day-to-day operations and personal decision making.

Benefits (Full-time) :

Additional Benefits :

Qualifications :

Qualifications / Requirements :

MPA assures equal opportunity and public access and, if necessary, affirmative action in all its policies regarding employment and provision of services. MPA does not discriminate in its hiring, programs, or policies on the bases of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.

Mount Prospect Academy strongly recommends, but does not require, that all MPA faculty (employees) stay protected against COVID-19 by getting their primary vaccine series and stay up to date with a booster dose if they are eligible to receive one.

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