Lead Residential Counselor (Brain Injury)

Schedule: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm

Salary: $19.50 / hour

The Lead Residential Counselor BID supports management in his/her administrative role to ensure a high quality service environment. He/she assumes the responsibilities of shift lead staff to ensure

supports are delivered as designed. Provides individual and group support to persons served in their home. Teaches skills to enhance independence and self-advocacy, and supports choices that contribute to living a good and meaningful life. Ensures a safe, secure, and clean residential environment. Assists individuals in becoming full participants in their communities, as well as helps develop and maintain friendships and strengthen family engagement and partnerships.

• Assists individuals in the home in becoming fully integrated into their communities, and

developing and maintaining friendships.

• Assists individuals in accessing community-based support and resources.

• Plans recreational and social activities that promote social inclusion and the emotional well

being of individuals in support of living a good life.

• Empowers and supports individuals in the home to make choices, be a self advocate, and be fully involved in making decisions in determining the directions of their supports and lives.

• Supports individuals in the home with access to assistive technology and adaptive equipment as a means to augment communication, access their communities, and generally live more independently.

• Supports individuals in securing, maintaining and growing in work, volunteer, and other

community engagement opportunities.

• Supports individuals in the home in becoming more independent, self-advocates, and make

choices that define the direction and their vision for living a good life.

• Encourages and supports individuals and their involved families in maintaining strong

partnership with staff and other interested parties.

• Provides administrative support to the Program Director, which may include scheduling staff assignments for shift activities, training new staff, and assist overseeing clinical paperwork.

• Functions as designated lead staff for all aspects of shift management and clinical programming.

• Assists in developing, implementing, and documenting treatment, including ISP/PSTPs and

clinical programs.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan

• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!

• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent care)

• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance

• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):

• 15 days of Vacation per year

• 11 Paid Holidays

• 10 Sick Days per year

• 3 Personal days per year

• Educational Assistance and Tuition Remission Programs

• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!

• Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more

About Us

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,200 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in 318 programs throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Keywords: mental health, behavioral health, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, ABI, acquired brain injury, care worker, care giver, social services, counseling, social work, group home, DSP, DDS, Direct Care, home health aide, HHA, psychology, disability, rehabilitative, outreach services, human services, nonprofit, autism, crisis, trauma, advocacy, recovery

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree preferred.

• CPR required within two weeks of hire

• First Aid required within two weeks of hire

• MAP required within 150 days of hire

• Safety Care required within 90 days of hire

• Positive Behavioral Supports Tier II required prior to hire

• NET required

• May be asked to obtain CBIS (Certified Brain Injury Specialist)