Crisis Residential Counselor - Youth - Rockport

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Job Code: 13310

Location:

Rockport 04856

Department:
Crisis Stabilization Child

FT/PT Status:
Full Time

Start a rewarding career, providing direct support to children experiencing a mental health challenge! In addition to making a difference in the lives of children, you will receive extensive paid training and certifications, with opportunities for growth in the field. Now scheduling interviews for full‑time and relief positions! Full‑time positions include benefits.

Hourly Rate: $19.00. Sign‑on bonus: $5,000. Weekend differential: $2.00 hourly from Friday 10:00 pm – Sunday 10:00 pm.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 7:30 am–8:00 pm.

Reporting to the unit supervisor, the Child Crisis Residential Counselor (CRC) provides a safe and effective treatment milieu by participating in the provision of a structured, therapeutic environment in which clients, families, and natural supports can safely work on treatment.

• Provide direct care to clients by meeting basic needs using the treatment strategies and observing and monitoring behaviors.
• Work supportively with the clinician and coordinator implementing an effective crisis plan.
• Assist clients following developmentally appropriate group and milieu activities.
• Maintain client records by ensuring complete and accurate daily shift notes, high intensity/1:1 staffing notes, incident reports, and other written reports as required.
• Use good judgment when it comes to client interactions and boundaries.
• Follow proper behavioral interventions including Safety Care procedures, preventative behavior supports and physical interventions.
• Adhere to all organization policies, programmatic business rules, and processes.
• Implement and demonstrate a trauma‑informed and strengths‑based approach at all times.
• Collaborate and participate with the treatment team, staff, and families to achieve the desired treatment outcomes.
• Ensure client safety by identifying, managing, and reporting common safety concerns to supervisor such as unsafe client behavior (threats directed at self, staff, peers or others), milieu or environmental situational dangers, presence of sharps, and dangerous chemicals, detergents and cleaners.
• Exhibit appropriate therapeutic affect and behavior.
• Ensure the environment is clean.
• Support clients in healthy living by preparing healthy meals and through ensuring that clients and staff eat healthy meals together.
• Transport clients following safe driving protocols.

• High school diploma or GED required, associate’s degree preferred.

• Certification as Behavioral Health Professional within 90 days of employment.
• MHRT‑1 certification required within 1 year of hire.
• Certification as a Certified Residential Medication Aid (CRMA) within 6 months of employment.
• Maintain a valid state driver’s license.

• Ability to know and perform the protocol in emergency situations.
• Ability to work with difficult‑to‑manage youth.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with other professionals on behalf of youth and their families.
• Capacity to develop a professional orientation to child care.
• Able to relate to children with warmth and understanding, and have the ability to identify the needs and problems of children.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to clients and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills a must; power, keyboard and mouse functions.
• Able to develop a…