As a Residential Counselor, you'll lead engaging activities, support emotional growth, and help youth develop life skills like cooking, time management, and teamwork. You'll supervise and care for up to four teens in a warm, trauma-informed environment, ensuring their safety and well-being while having fun with outings like hiking, go-karts, and movies.
Requirements
- Ensure the physical safety of youth, conduct routine headcounts and bed checks, and provide crisis intervention as needed.
- Maintain professional boundaries and develop respectful, supportive relationships with youth.
- Plan, lead, and facilitate organized daily activities and therapeutic groups, including Restorative Justice Practices and DBT-Lite.
- Interpret program goals and treatment plans to youth and their families.
- Complete all required documentation and reports accurately and promptly.
- Monitor and support youth with physical or emotional needs to ensure safety.
- Provide transportation for youth and families, including to school, jobs, activities, and appointments.
- Reinforce and role-model individualized youth needs and treatment plans.
- Foster independence, resilience, empathy, and teamwork among youth.
- Support youth in developing life skills such as time management, food preparation, personal accountability, and good study habits; mentor them in these areas.
- Assist with preparing youth for school, morning routines, meals, evening routines, and maintaining a clean, organized home environment.
- Engage youth in recreational and prosocial activities such as fishing, hiking, YMCA visits, go-karts, movies, laser tag, basketball, and more.
- Provide care for up to four youth, many referred by DCF, within a low staff-to-youth ratio (1:2 up to 1:4) in a trauma-informed, therapeutic group home environment.
- Participate in ongoing training, team meetings, and supervision.
- Provide support, guidance, and a home-like setting to promote youth development and make a positive impact in their lives.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Vacation Package
- Generous Paid Sick Time
- Paid Holiday Time
- Floating Holidays
- Annual monetary incentives
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Company Celebrations & Employee Recognition Program
- Employee discounts (cell phone, computer)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Qualified Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Employer Federal Student Aid
- 10%-20% tuition discount at many local educational institutions, including those listed by the CT Nonprofit Alliance
