Awake Overnight Counselor Safe Haven

$2250 SIGN ON BONUS - PRORATED

Eliot's Homeless Shelter for Adult females is seeking an Overnight Awake Counselor with six months experience with people with severe and persistent mental illness. Our ideal candidate will have some experience working with homeless population.

The Safe Haven Shelter for Women is a transitional shelter open 7 days a week for homeless women with severe and persistent mental illness living on the streets in Back Bay, Boston Common, and Downtown Crossing. Referrals to Safe Haven primarily come from Metro-Boston DMH, but Safe Haven will consider referrals from other Social Service programs in Boston and Cambridge.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that consumers are treated with dignity and respect in accordance with ECHS' Human Rights policy. Includes but is not limited to: assisting consumers in maintaining their appearance; supporting consumers' cultural and religious preferences; not imposing any restrictions without consultation with clinical team and HRC; ensuring restrictions are limited and personal possessions are protected.

• Assist consumers with being fully integrated in their communities by supporting them in the use of community resources, encouraging them in establishing memberships within their communities and reducing stigma within the community through education.

• Ensure the safety of consumers, implementing crisis intervention

• Provide and maintain therapeutic boundaries and a professional relationship with consumers. Exercise sound judgment by providing appropriate distance and support that promotes a trusting relationship and places the well being of the consumer first.

• Recognize and respond to symptoms of mental illness and/or emotional distress.

• Assist consumers with utilizing coping skills to help with management of symptoms or access additional resources to assist with management of symptoms

• Assist consumers in maintaining common areas and personal areas in the program. Perform housekeeping tasks as needed. Report all maintenance and safety issues to supervisor.

Schedule: 10:00pm to 8:00am; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (30 hours)

Location: Boston, on-site

Hourly rate: $18.25/ hour

6% salary increase for bilingual candidates for needed languages.