Residential Counselor Per-Diem

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team! Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions. Wayside offers a learning environment – free trainings and CEUs. We provide a teamwork atmosphere and career development support – a great place to grow your career!!! Residential Counselors Per-Diem Wayside Young Adults - Framingham Salary: $20.50/hour. Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has open positions where you can begin to build a career! No college degree necessary! Wayside provides a warm work environment with team focused management that places value on healthy work dynamics. A perfect job for folks who like to be busy, creative and offer innovative care to youth and families. What You Will Do: • Directly supervise and engage with youth/residents in activities and daily routines. • Support skill building for all youth/residents through collaborative team work. • Show yourself to be a willing learner in trainings and maintain necessary certifications. • Facilitating recreational activities for clients, working with the staff team to ensure the program structure while providing positive role modeling for youth. • Safe client transportation and medication administration once MAP certified. • Assist the program in providing basic needs for clients, such as regular meals, a safe and clean living environment, recreational activities, and appropriate hygiene. Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars: • High quality communication skills show an ability to connect with others, approachability, being respectful to others, able to communicate with others at all levels. • Reflective self-awareness. • Ability to manage risk. • Dynamic ability to support youth. • Demonstrates flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, processes, and procedures). Minimum Requirements: • Valid drivers’ license required - motor vehicle background record checks will be completed. • High School degree or equivalent required. We will train you in: Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR and First Aid