Weekend Overnight Counselor
Concern Housing offers an Agency Sponsored Retirement Plan and Employee Sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan for part time employees. Concern encourages employee growth, offering Educational Assistance and Scholarship Programs, Licensure Reimbursement and Possible Internship/Clinical Supervision. Referral Bonuses are also available!
Concern Housing is a non-profit agency committed to helping individuals and families to live in the community with dignity and enhanced opportunities through the provision of housing and support services. We are one of the largest housing agencies of this kind in New York State, currently serving approximately 1,300 individuals and families in over 240 locations. Concern offers a variety of housing options with individualized support services designed to support personal growth and independence. Our workplace culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding innovative ideas. Diversity at our agency means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talent and strengths.
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Concern Housing is seeking a Weekend Overnight Counselor who will be responsible for assisting the Supervisor and Case Managers in the delivery of direct services to the clients, as well assisting in the overall running of the site. The counselor provides a variety of services, ranging from the teaching of skills to delivery of concrete services to providing counseling to the clients.
Position: Weekend Overnight Counselor
Location: Shoreham, NY
Schedule: Saturday and Sunday; 12am-8am
Salary: $19.00/hr.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Read log for updates, instructions, and assignments.
- Enforce lights out & television out in common rooms at 12:00 a.m. on weekdays. 1:30 a.m. weekends (Friday
& Saturday eve). Perform an initial walk-through to enforce this rule as well.
- Filing, organizing charts, office cleaning, photocopying, etc., as assigned and/or as needed.
- Provide brief counseling as needed, redirect to regular staff when appropriate.
- Crisis intervention as needed.
- Be available via office phone to residents to do all of the above as needed.
- Perform hourly walk-throughs during your shift.
- Unlock kitchen and pantries in both sites for breakfast.
- Participate in monitoring of morning meds as needed.
- Prompt clients needing to wake early.
-Attend staff meetings as scheduled.
-Attend agency forums.
- Perform weekly fire safety system checks.
-Perform 1x a month fire drills, at varying hours.
-Complete a fire drill report.
-Counsel clients on proper exiting.
-Remain current with all Agency required compliance documents and trainings.
Qualifications: Requires a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent along with at least two years of experience in a similar role.
Please click on this link to apply on the company website: https://www.appone.com/MainInfoReq.asp?RID=6539291
Keywords: Direct Care, Counseling, Advocacy, Mental Health, Social Work, Human Services