Weekend Evening Residential Counselor, New Chardon

SCHEDULE: 16 hours, Saturday & Sunday 3p-11.30p (every weekend)

Pays $21.40 per hour DOE

LOCATION: 41 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA (no parking onsite)

Summary of the Position:

The Weekend Evening 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 woman 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 Evening Residential Counselor will assist tenants in obtaining their dinner meal and performing other activities of daily living (ADL) skills.  The Evening Residential Counselor will also work with other staff to engage tenants in leisure time activities; to create and maintain a respectful atmosphere that empowers very chronic, mentally ill tenants to reach their highest level of functioning. The Evening Residential Counselor will be assigned tenants and work with them on developing treatment plans and will ensure follow through on individual treatment plans and document progress in the log and in the chart. The incumbent will also run groups on their assigned shift. Due to emergency or unforeseen program needs, staff may be temporarily or permanently reassigned to another Pine Street Inn program at any given time. 

Qualifications:

Education/Training:

Required:

• High School diploma or GED
• Some basic prior human services trainings
• Preferred:
• Advanced training in human services work
• Training in Motivational Interviewing and Trauma – Informed Care

Knowledge/Experience:

Required: 

• Minimum of one (1) year of 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
• Experience as a human services team member
• Familiarity with the concepts of rehabilitation and consumer empowerment
• Experience working with dually diagnosed individuals
• Experience assisting people with ADL skills
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills 

Preferred:

• Previous experience working with a Housing First/Stabilization model
• Experience working with the homeless population