Residential Youth Counselor​/Mentor

Youth Counselor/ Mentor

Litchfield, CT 06759
Full Time 40 hours per week
$23.27 per hour

The residential Youth Counselor is dedicated to the direct supervision of adolescent boys in a short-term transitional living program. Youth Counselors cultivate a safe, healthy, therapeutic, nurturing and caring home environment that is supportive of each participant’s individualized needs, social, emotional, and academic development. Youth Counselors are positive role models offering support, strength-based encouragement and protection of youth in their care, advocating for youth and sharing information and updates with parents/guardians.

• Maintaining constant sight and sound supervision of youths within established program expectations and guidelines
• Ensure physical safety of youth and provide crisis intervention as needed
• Following established routines, schedules, and structure, like wake up and bedtimes, and transition to school
• Recording observations and maintaining records and reports, daily documentation and logs
• Monitoring access to and ensuring personal hygiene of youths, and maintenance/upkeep of bedrooms
• Monitoring and reporting healthcare needs or concerns, and ensuring compliance with daily medication regimen through support, encouragement, and self-care education
• Accompanying youths between facilities, meetings, appointments and/or other activities
• Ensuring living spaces are organized, clean, safe and free from hazards
• Supervise youths during meal times
• Support and facilitate the implementation of youths’ individualized care plans and schedules
• May assist in the pre-orientation, admission, and intake process
• May assist in the facilitation of groups and may lead the facilitation of psycho educational groups
• May provide transportation to adolescents and families as programmatic needs dictate
• Ability to obtain and maintain the following certifications:
  • Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Medication Administration

• Rate of pay is $23.27per hour
• Full-time - 40 hours per week:
  • Wednesday 2:00pm - midnight
  • Thursday 2:00pm - midnight
  • Friday 2:00pm - midnight
  • Saturday 2:00pm - midnight

• Minimum High School Diploma (or equivalent) and minimum 6-monthshuman services experience –
  Required
• Must have valid driver’s license
  - Required
• Two years of experience providing direct care to adolescent boys - Preferred
• Knowledge of strengths-based and trauma sensitive programming – Preferred
• Professional written and verbal communication skills

At CJR, we pride ourselves on creating a compassionate, culturally responsive work environment and offering a comprehensive benefits package that encourages and supports a healthy work/life balance. Joining our team, full-time employees will enjoy the following benefits:

• Free daily nutritious meals
• Low-cost Medical Insurance Plan option
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance offered after 30 days of employment
• Company Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Generous Paid Vacation Package (unused time eligible for carry over)
• Generous Paid Sick Time (unused time eligible for carry over)
• Paid Holiday Time (separate from vacation time)
• Floating Holidays (separate from paid vacation time and paid holiday time)
• Annual monetary incentives
• Tuition Assistance
• 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

A career at CJR is focused on working to ensure that every young…