Awake Overnight Residential Counselor

Description

SCHEDULE: 40 hours, Mon-Fri, 11:00 p.m.

• 7:30 a.m.

Pays $21.40 per hour DOE, plus $2.00 (shift differential pay) for every hour worked between 11:00pm

• 7:00am

LOCATION: 41 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA

Summary of the Position:

The Awake Overnight Residential Counselor is responsible for the overall safety of the tenants in the program at the 34 New Chardon Street residence under the Behavioral Health Division of Pine Street Inn, a program that provides permanent housing to formerly homeless women using a Housing First/Stabilization model.

The program serves women from diverse backgrounds, circumstances, and age groups. The mission is to provide trauma-informed, gender sensitive and gender specific support services that meet the special needs so they can heal and have time to heal, prepare to reintegrate into the community, and break the cycle of homelessness. The Awake Overnight Residential Counselor will assist tenants in performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills in the early morning hours, create, and maintain a respectful atmosphere that empowers very chronic, mentally ill tenants to reach their highest level of functioning.

Requirements

Required:

• High School diploma or GED
• Some basic prior human services trainings

Preferred:

• Advanced training in human services work

• Previous experience working with a Housing First/Stabilization Model

Knowledge/Experience:

Required:

• Minimum of one (1) year prior work experience working with individuals suffering from complex disabilities in a shelter, community residence, or in an inpatient setting

• Experience maintaining a safe environment for clients in a program setting

• Familiarity with the concepts of rehabilitation and consumer empowerment

• Some knowledge/understanding of mental innless conditions and dual diagnosis individuals

• Experience working with dually diagnosed individuals

• Experience assisting people with ADL skills

• Effective writing and verbal skills

Preferred:

• Previous experience working with a Housing First/Stabilization model

• Previous experience working with the homeless population

• Previous experience working with dual diagnosis and/or untreated mental illness