Group Home Counselor

Overview

Locations:
Sewell, Pitman, Glassboro & Clayton

Pay Rate: $18-21 Hourly

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we are here to create real change - helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives - including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Group Home Counselor provides supervision, guidance, instruction, and/or skill building to assigned individuals supported within the individual’s residence and/or assigned program site regarding daily living activities, health, safety, well-being, vocational activities, and interaction with others.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages, supervises, instructs, supports, and provides guidance to assigned individuals served in accordance with the individual’s support plan, and works daily toward the designated outcomes while continuously emphasizing community integration in all activities, functions, and aspects of life, including but not limited to:
  • personal healthcare
  • personal hygiene including but not limited to, baths, showers, oral hygiene, personal care, nail and hair grooming
  • religious preferences
  • sexual preferences
  • ethnic and cultural support
  • recreational/leisure/socialization activities
  • physical fitness
  • healthy living
  • family visits and involvement, and family disagreements and grievances
  • independence
  • purchase and inventory of food and personal supplies
  • meal preparation that may include planning the menu, observing any dietary restrictions, shopping for the necessary items, and cooking and serving the meal
  • housekeeping and cleaning which may include bed making, vacuuming, dusting, folding and organizing
  • management of his/her clothing maintenance including but not limited to laundering, mending and ironing
  • money and financial management including but not limited to money recognition, short term and long-term budgeting, banking and bill paying
  • social awareness including but not limited to table manners, telephone skills, and social etiquette
  • interpersonal relationships
  • employment and/or vocational responsibilities, behavior, and performance
  • safety and response to emergencies, including but not limited to fire alarms
• Performs routine housekeeping duties on a daily basis including sweeping, mopping, dusting, vacuuming and organizing; cleans kitchen appliances as scheduled; cleans and sanitizes bathrooms during each shift
• Transports individuals to and from program sites, appointments, and community activities including escorting individuals to designated areas
• Completes laundry, mending, and ironing as assigned
• Administers all medications within prescribed time frames, inventories medications as required, picks up medications/refills when needed in accordance with agency trained Medication Administration protocols
• Oversees and supervises the activities and whereabouts of each individual at the level outlined in the Individual Support Plan
• Purchases groceries based upon menu for upcoming week as assigned
• Prepares all meals and snacks as outlined on the menu adhering to any dietary restrictions
• Performs general shopping duties as assigned
• When assigned to accompany individual(s) supported to a day program, assists with design and implementation of activities; provides guidance, supervision and support while actively engaging with assigned individual(s) through program activities; documents progress toward outcomes specified for day program activities; and completes all required notes, documentation and attendance…