Congregate Residential Counselor - Relief
Company: The Home for Little Wanderers
Location: Boston
Posted on: November 2, 2024
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Job Description:
DescriptionWhen you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join
a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter
futures for kids.
For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build
stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and
their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs
serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of
these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a
disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in
America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving
relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future.
To learn more about the incredible impact our employees have on the
lives of children and families, click here:
The Home for Little Wanderers' Harrington House is looking for
Relief Residential Counselors to care for children in their
Dorchester location. In the group home, children or adolescents,
ranging in age from 8-15 are in transition back to their families
or going on to independent living, but need support in order to
make a successful transition back to their communities.
The program provides residential treatment by offering a safe,
structured home-like, living environment. The children participate
fully in the community through school attendance and
extracurricular activities. Additionally, the programs offer
clinical services, health services, psychiatric services,
educational assistance, milieu therapy, and case management
services.
How You'll Be Making A Difference
QUALIFICATIONS
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSContinuous walking, standing, climbing,
lifting of objects for 6 - 7 hour shifts. Ability to effectively
restrain using proper TCI techniques when needed.
Residential Counselors can enroll in The Home's Impact Corps - a
fellowship learning track designed to provide adults with an
opportunity to help serve vulnerable children and young adults
while gaining industry experience in counseling, education,
clinical roles, and leadership. Along the way, gain new training,
hone your skills, and be eligible for bonuses adding up to $5,000
upon successful completion! To learn more, visit:
bit.ly/3ONYlOg
Valuing Diversity
We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion,
while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values.
We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide
exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and
communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children
and their families build permanent, positive change.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other
manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they
have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the
pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have
access to the compensation information of other employees or
applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot
disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals
who do not otherwise have access to compensation information,
unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or
charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding,
hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the
employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to
furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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