Residential Counselor

Overview

Residential Counselor (218) role at Lifeworks

Location:

Canton, MA

Position:
Teacher/Counselor (Residential Counselor)

Job

Shift: 56 - Wednesday 1:00pm-9:00pm, Thursday 2:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 2:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm, Sunday-Tuesday Off

Salary: $69,888

Lifeworks is a nonprofit human service agency that provides adults with developmental disabilities with the opportunity to live engaged and meaningful lives. We are a team focused on advocacy, empowerment, and opportunity for those we serve.

• Promotes optimal health for individuals through routine, preventive, and emergency health care.
• Assists with all hands-on direct care, including showering, toileting, shaving, brushing teeth, and meal-time assistance.
• Ensures residential environments are safe and secure and free from harm.
• Provides education, training, counseling, and physical assistance to achieve ISP goals in the following areas: functional academics, domestic skills, health and personal hygiene, social and leisure skills, communication skills, community mobility, self-esteem, and money management.
• Develops, writes, and presents annual ISPs and semi-annual assessments in consultation with other residential staff and directors.
• Provides transportation to individuals as necessary.
• Communicates with family, friends, guardians, funding sources, advocates, volunteers, and employers to facilitate consistency of programming and support.
• Performs case management duties, including maintaining confidential files, reviewing cases, documenting activities, and attending regular meetings as necessary.

• Experience working with individuals with /DD
• A Bachelor's degree or an associate degree in a related field with two years of experience, or a high school diploma and five years of related work experience in Human Services.
• Must pass fingerprint background check, CORI, DPPC, and driving background checks
• Valid Driver's License required
• Valid MAP certification is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• 403(B) matching up to 3%
• $2,000 Staff Retention Bonus after 1 year
• Health Insurance with 2 plan choices and a 75% employer contribution
• 4.4 weeks of Paid Time Off in the first year of employment
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance for employees
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible spending account

Lifeworks, Inc. believes diversity strengthens the value of our workplace and communities. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This job profile identifies the general duties and minimum level of skills required to perform this job. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned. The employee can be responsible for all other duties as assigned by supervisor. Employment at Lifeworks is on an at-will basis. This means that the employee or employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason or for no reason and with or without prior notice.

Nothing in this job description or employee handbook creates an employment agreement, express or implied, or any other agreement between an employee and Lifeworks.

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