Direct Care Counselor - Levittown

Overview

Aurora Staffing works collaboratively with you to find your ideal position within our network, caring for and supporting people with disabilities, while working to continuously advance your career. Aurora Staffing is non-profit organization, recruiting passionate and dedicated people to make the difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities throughout the Woods System of Care in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

This position is for Brian's House :

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods Community at Brian's House has a rich history of helping people with developmental and intellectual disabilities live meaningful and fulfilling lives in the communities of their choosing. We provide homes and work opportunities and foster friendships, learning, and the pursuit of interests. We take great pride in helping and advocating for each person we serve through a program that is as individualized and unique as they are. We strive to provide individuals with choices and to feel valued as members of their communities.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid time off
• 403b retirement plan
• Continuing education programs
• Tuition-assisted program
• Career growth opportunities
• Professional Development Assistance Programs
• Tuition reimbursement Program

Salary : $17.50 - $19.50 / hour

Job Summary

The Direct Care Counselor is responsible for the care and supervision of clients at the group home. They are required to establish a positive, supportive relationship with clients and ensure that they maintain a therapeutic, warm, homelike atmosphere at the residential program. It is their duty to report and document any and all incidences that occur at the residential programs or community. At all times, they must maintain a positive working relationship with all supervisory, support, peer and other Brian's House employees and conduct themselves in a professional manner while adhering to all Brian's House, federal, state policies and procedures.

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About Brian's House

In 1976, Dave Tuttle founded Brian's House to provide essential services for people with disabilities, including his son, Brian. He contracted with the Chester County Office of Mental Health & Intellectual Disability to operate clustered apartments and community homes to meet the residential needs of several children and adults with disabilities. Two years later, Dave Tuttle opened Brian's House, a renovated historic home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, that served as a residence for 14 children with profound developmental disabilities. Brian Tuttle was one of its first residents and lived there until he passed away in 1989.

In 1996, Brian's House affiliated with Woods, which enabled the organization to expand with the addition of more community homes and, in 1998, the establishment of Brian's House Enterprises, a vocational program and meaningful day program for adults with more profound disabilities. Brian's House now provides residential supports, vocational opportunities, day programs, and community integration options for over 200 adults.

The residential program now goes by the name Woods Community at Brian's House as it expands its community-integrated residential services into other counties in the Greater Philadelphia area.