DS Residential Relief Counselor

Join to apply for the DS Residential Relief Counselor role at Bay Cove Human Services
.

Bay Cove Human Services’ mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and southeastern Massachusetts.

Bay Cove Human Services is committed to ensuring the representation and participation of candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all qualified individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, to apply.

The Relief Counselor provides direct services to adults living in residential programs in a manner that promotes consumer stability, development of skills, empowerment, and recovery. This is a non‑exempt position.

• Implements program activities which foster the consumers' growth, address treatment plan goals, and help them use developed skills.
• Follows shift log assignments and completes all shift duties.
• Teaches daily living skills such as safety rules, travel training, banking, cooking, shopping, budgeting, hygiene, and care of personal space and belongings.
• Provides supportive counseling to the consumers around daily, personal, and social issues.
• Maintains programmatic documentation in accordance with agency standards.
• Assists consumers with medication management and administers medications as needed.
• Provides crisis prevention and intervention as needed.
• Completes household cleaning as assigned.
• Performs other duties as requested by the Program Director.

• Understanding of the psychiatric, physical, social, emotional and educational needs of adults with mental illness.
• Ability to work effectively with adults with mental illness and/or developmental disabilities in a manner that supports their stability, empowerment, growth, and recovery.
• Sensitivity to the needs of adults with mental illness and/or developmental disabilities and their families.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other providers and neighbors.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Valid driver's license.
• CPR/First Aid Certification (must obtain within a month of starting).
• Prevent Training (must obtain within a month of starting).
• Must stay up to date on company online training.
• Must be available to attend required meetings and training.

• Weekdays and Weekends
• Mornings – 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Afternoons – 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
• Overnights – 11 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Bay Cove Human Services does not offer visa sponsor ships at this time and will require candidates to be authorized to work in the United States.

Pay Range: $16.25/hour – $17.84/hour.