The Home for Little Wanderers is hiring: Residential Counselor BA-Overnight in W

Residential Counselor BA-Overnight (Overnight)

When 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 families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26.

Join a dynamic team implementing our trauma‑informed care model. Support youth in developing the skills they need to successfully transition home to families. Under the direction of a supervisor, you will provide a safe and secure environment, and counsel, observe, and provide behavioral training, outreach support, advocacy, and treatment to children and their families to facilitate reunification or long‑term out‑of‑home placement.

How You’ll Be Making a Difference

• Participate in developing behavior interventions, collecting data, and facilitating youth progress, and implement strategies contained within behavior intervention plans identified through functional behavior assessments.
• Provide training, advocacy, needs assessment, and treatment for youths and their families to reduce long‑term out‑of‑home placement. Supervise and coordinate activities of daily living, including hygiene, clothing, chores, and other activities.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary clinical team to develop and implement individualized comprehensive treatment plans that provide individual counseling, group therapy, nutrition, medical, recreational, and social programming.
• Maintain a therapeutic and professional relationship with students, provide required supervision of students (i.e., eyesight, earshot).
• Report any instance of student abuse to Supervisor and comply with Mandated Reporter status.
• Report potential safety hazards immediately and demonstrate awareness of the environment.
• React promptly and appropriately to any situation that may arise.
• Ensure completion of all documentation for safe and effective student care, operation, and compliance.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of program routines and structure; maintain a general understanding of the client population.
• Provide First Aid as needed and plan/participate in activities with clients at individual and small group levels.
• Maintain a safe and supportive environment, manage living, dining, educational, and recreational areas, and coordinate care with other staff.
• Provide group and individual behavioral support and intervention as trained, including appropriate physical restraint when necessary. Coordinate medical and emergency situations with the supervisor.
• Communicate with program staff about client progress and challenges.
• Complete all assigned paperwork, including time sheets, level cards, goal/level tracking, incident reports, and 51A’s promptly.
• Attend trainings and participate in supervision meetings.
• May be asked to prepare weekend meals, carry a mobile device, or perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, or a closely related field.
• One year of childcare experience in a residential setting with a similar population of children.
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office and Internet navigation.

What The Home Can Offer You

In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of youth we serve, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Generous time off including 11 holidays.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Extensive training for new staff.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,400 per fiscal year.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• Employer‑paid long‑term and short‑term disability insurance, plus basic life and AD&D insurance.
• And more.

Pay Range Positioning Summary

The pay range listed represents the company’s good faith estimate of the salary or wage range for this position at the time of posting, as required under applicable law. Actual compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including a candidate’s relevant experience, education, skills, and internal equity relative to other employees in similar roles.

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.