Residential Youth Counselor

Overview

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Residential Youth Counselor (Direct Care Support Youth Professional) – Job Description

Reports To:
Program Director

Pay Rate up to $19.00hr

Location:
Pike, NH

Join Our MPA Team!

Now Hiring Residential Youth Counselors/Direct Care Behavioral Health Professionals

We’re looking for passionate individuals to fill the following roles:

• Youth Counselors
• Overnight Residential Youth Counselors

• 4-Day Work Week:
  • Front Half:
    Sunday 8:00 AM – 10:30 PM, Monday – Wednesday 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM
  • Back Half:
    Wednesday – Friday 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM – 10:30 PM
• Affordable Housing:
  Shared Employee Temporary Housing Available
• Rewarding Career:
  Make a difference in the lives of youth

Apply today and start your rewarding career with us!

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Residential Youth Counselor to join our team in making a positive impact on the lives of young individuals. In this role, you will have the opportunity to mentor and support at-risk youth, providing them with the guidance and care they need to thrive in a residential setting. Your commitment to fostering a safe and nurturing environment will help shape a brighter future for the residents in our care.

If you have a passion for youth development and a desire to contribute to the well-being of our community’s younger members, we encourage you to apply.

Our programming offers youth development services for children and adolescents and gives them the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with others, to grow and discover their gifts, and realize their potential to thrive. As a Youth Residential Counselor/Direct Care Professionals, you will be the centerpiece of making our commitment a reality. You will have many opportunities to grow as a professional and to impact the lives of our residents including, but not limited to:

Welcome to Mount Prospect Academy (MPA), a rapidly growing alliance of nonprofit agencies founded in 2003, with the goal of helping struggling adolescents find a “zest for life” and succeed in the “business of life.”

MPA has evolved to offer a variety of mental health support services to a diverse population of “hard to treat” and “difficult to place” adolescents. Our targeted services include home and community-based treatment, residential treatment programs, group homes, and special education schools. MPA is known for its ability to achieve successful outcomes with difficult-to-serve individuals throughout New England.

Mission:

MPA’s mission is to provide a caring, safe therapeutic environment where students have the opportunity to grow and acquire the skills they need to reach their educational and social potential. We aim to develop trusting relationships with students and facilitate experiences that promote their ability to self-regulate; manage thoughts and feelings; and develop feelings of safety, confidence, and competency.

Our programming offers youth development services for children and adolescents and gives them the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with others, to grow and discover their gifts, and realize their potential to thrive. As a Youth Residential Counselor, you will be the centerpiece of making our commitment a reality. You will have many opportunities to grow as a professional and to impact the lives of our residents including, but not limited to:

• Provide supervision and mentor students, including role modeling appropriate behavior, redirection and crisis management.
• Freedom to implement social/recreational activities and involve residents as part of programming.
• Provides care and psychosocial education as prescribed by each individual’s treatment plan.
• Deliver direct services to the residents which include daily living skills, meal preparation, hygiene practices, recreational, social activities, and any other duties necessary to reintegrate and reunify our residents into the community and with their families.
• Refine students’ social…