Direct Care Counselor
Full Time • Dorchester
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Training & development
- To cover all assigned shifts and reading the daily logs upon arrival
- Annotate all client accounters on the accounter notes regularly and daily
- To ensure that the clients in your charge are receiving proper care.
- Follow program daily schedule and enforce the program daily schedule
- Serve the youth with their food once it’s prepared
- To provide supervision of activities when needed. Being aware of where the clients are going and with whom.
- To help develop and carry out treatment goals for individual clients as outlined in treatment plans and / or ISP goals and objectives.
- To recognize and confront inappropriate behavior and redirect clients according to treatment goals and house standards.
- To take responsibility for medical needs and inform the House Manager and appropriate administrative staff of such needs.
- Inform the house manager of unusual incidents and follow up with a written report.
- To maintain the home in accordance with Agency standards with input from the residents. These are available at each site.
- To encourage input and participation in house routines and to encourage integration within the community.
- To serve as a positive role model and implement activities.
- When necessary, to provide transportation for clients.
- To conduct all shifts consistent with agency and individual site policies, routines and procedures.
- To maintain written and verbal communication with the House Manger and with other CFP staff after each shift, i.e. log entries.
- To attend weekly meetings, in-service trainings, and orientation programs, Serve as a counselor rather than a baby-sitter
Compensation: $20.00 per hour
Serving people is our passion. A&E United Inc. offers safe residential services for those in need and who are currently sponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS). In our group home program, we help our residents live as independently as possible in a nurturing facility surrounded by supporting staff.
Our Mission is SERVICE! Providing safety and abundant life-changing resources for residents striving for independence. A&E provides permanency, safety, security and well-being of all residents within our residential facility. Staffed with a licensed clinician, our facility ensures that mental health and rehabilitation for our members are among our top priorities. Partnering with EOHHS’ supporting agencies for the appropriate resources to meet the needs of this marginalized and underserved population.
Our Mission is SERVICE! Providing safety and abundant life-changing resources for residents striving for independence. A&E provides permanency, safety, security and well-being of all residents within our residential facility. Staffed with a licensed clinician, our facility ensures that mental health and rehabilitation for our members are among our top priorities. Partnering with EOHHS’ supporting agencies for the appropriate resources to meet the needs of this marginalized and underserved population.
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