Crisis Residential Counselor - Youth - Rockport

Start a rewarding career, providing direct support to children experiencing a mental health challenge!

In addition to making a difference in the lives of children, you will receive extensive paid training and certifications, with opportunities for growth in the field!

Now scheduling interviews for full-time and relief positions! Full-time positions include benefits!

Hourly Rate: $19 Per Hour

$5,000 sign-on bonus!

Weekend differential of $2.00 hourly from Friday 10:00pm-Sunday 10:00pm

Hourly Rate: $19.00

Schedule: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 7:30am-8pm
Reporting to the unit supervisor, the Child Crisis Residential Counselor (CRC) provides a safe and effective treatment milieu by participating in the provision of a structured, therapeutic environment in which clients, families, and natural supports can safely work on treatment.

• Provide direct care to clients by meeting basic needs using the treatment strategies and observing and monitoring behaviors.
• Works supportively with the clinician and coordinator implementing an effective crisis plan.
• Assist clients following developmentally appropriate group and milieu activities.
• Maintain client records by ensuring complete and accurate daily shift notes, high intensity/1:1 staffing notes, incident reports, and other written reports as required.
• Uses good judgment when it comes to client interactions and boundaries.
• Follows proper behavioral interventions including Safety Care procedures, preventative behavior supports and physical interventions.
• Adhere with all organization policies, programmatic business rules, and processes.
• Implement and demonstrate a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach at all times.
• Collaborate and participate with the treatment team, staff, and families to achieve the desired treatment outcomes.
• Ensure client safety by identifying, managing, and reporting common safety concerns to supervisor such as: unsafe client behavior (threats directed at self, staff, peers or others), milieu or environmental situational dangers, presence of sharps, and dangerous chemicals, detergents and cleaners.
• Exhibit appropriate therapeutic affect and behavior.
• Ensure the environment is clean
• Support clients in healthy living by preparing healthy meals and through ensuring that clients and staff eat healthy meals together.
• Transport clients following safe driving protocols .

• High school diploma or GED required, associates degree preferred

• Certification as Behavioral Health Professional within 90 days of employment.
• MHRT-1 certification required within 1 year of hire
• Certification as a Certified Residential Medication Aid (CRMA) within 6 months of employment
• Maintain a valid state driver s license.

• Ability to know and perform the protocol in emergency situations.
• Ability to work with difficult-to-manage youth.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with other professionals on behalf of youth and their families.
• Capacity to develop a professional orientation to child care.
• Able to relate to children with warmth and understanding, and have the ability to identify the needs and problems of children.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to clients and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills a must; power, keyboard and mouse functions.
• Able to develop a positive therapeutic relationship with clients and their families.
• Ability to transport clients.