Residential Counselor | Adult Community

Job Description

Job Description

* Bilingual Candidates Encouraged to Apply

* EOE M/F/D/V

The Gándara Center provides residential, mental health, substance abuse, and preventive services for children, adults, and families across the Pioneer Valley and eastern parts of Massachusetts. We believe in our communities and value cultural diversity and strive to provide culturally competent, innovative services to a diverse community. Our mission is to promote the well-being of Hispanics, African-Americans, and other culturally diverse populations, through innovative, culturally competent behavioral health, prevention, and educational services – Empowering Lives. Restoring Families

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides crisis intervention
• Adheres to program policy and procedure manual
• Participates in team approach, sharing responsibility for Persons’ services
• Notifies supervisory staff immediately in the event of a crisis, suspected illegal activity, or any behavior constituting an incident in the program
• Assists Persons with activities of daily living e.g. Personal hygiene, meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, money management, etc.
• Transports Persons in matters related to service delivery, e.g. medical appointments, shopping, job interviews, vocational program, banking, laundry
• Administer medication accordance with MAP policies and procedures
• Provides for and participates in Persons’ recreational activities, e.g. dining out, spectator sports, movies, etc.
• Participates in the development of Persons’ treatment plans
• Interacts with Persons in order to assess needs, provide information, discuss problems, identify patterns and stressors, and encourage growth and development

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in human service field preferred [needed for DC II, or additional experience].
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with population preferred.
• Must have a valid driver's license and safe driving history.

Benefits:

• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Vacations
• Paid Holidays
• 8 Discretionary days a year

The Gandara Mental Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.