Residential Counselor - Per-Diem
Listed on 2026-07-11
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Social Work
Youth Support Worker, Child Development/Support, Mental Health, Family Advocacy & Support Services
Wayside Young Adult Services
Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team! Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions. Wayside offers a learning environment – free trainings and CEUs. We provide a teamwork atmosphere and career development support – a great place to grow your career!!!
Residential Counselors Per-Diem
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has open positions where you can begin to build a career! No college degree necessary! Wayside provides a warm work environment with team focused management that places value on healthy work dynamics. A perfect job for folks who like to be busy, creative and offer innovative care to youth and families.
Salary: $20.50/hour.
What you will do:
- Directly supervise and engage with youth/residents in activities and daily routines.
- Support skill building for all youth/residents through collaborative team work.
- Show yourself to be a willing learner in trainings and maintain necessary certifications.
- Facilitating recreational activities for clients, working with the staff team to ensure the program structure while providing positive role modeling for youth.
- Safe client transportation and medication administration once MAP certified.
- Assist the program in providing basic needs for clients, such as regular meals, a safe and clean living environment, recreational activities, and appropriate hygiene.
Competencies/Traits of our superstars:
- High quality communication skills show an ability to connect with others, approachability, being respectful to others, able to communicate with others at all levels.
- Reflective self-awareness.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Dynamic ability to support youth.
- Demonstrates flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, processes, and procedures).
Minimum requirements:
- Valid drivers' license required - motor vehicle background record checks will be completed.
- High School degree or equivalent required.
We will train you in Motivational Interviewing;
Courageous Conversations;
Trauma Informed Practice, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR and First Aid
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