Residential Counselor I

Milieu Counselor I - Full Time or Part Time

Wellspring currently has Milieu Counselor I openings in our residential programs serving adolescent girls. The positions include afternoon and evening shifts and offer the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities:

• To support the milieu, in a non-institutional, family modeled setting, with the ability to be personally responsive to the residents in your care.
• Contribute to and be a part of a community that helps and models healthy living to prepare the residents to meet the realistic demands of returning to their families and their communities.
• Assist, as a team member to clinical staff, to provide a structured environment with professional supervision of daily activities to counteract the debilitating effects of internal emotional disorders the residents are facing.
• Follow a program structure that is flexibly responsive to the resident’s needs and abilities while they navigate through their daily therapies, responsibilities and recreational activities.

Position Details:

• Position Title: Milieu Counselor I
• Employment Agreement Type: Full Time or Part Time
• Benefits eligible

Requirements:
An earned BA/BS in Psychology or related field is preferred. Experience can be substituted for education. Prior experience working adolescent girls is desirable. Read more about Wellspring, our programs, and the application process by visiting our homepage www.wellspring.org

Salary and Benefits:
$20.60 per hour (base hourly rate), plus shift differentials for weekend and overnight hours. Shift differentials can add $2/hr. to $4/hr. to the base rate.

Full-time benefits (health benefits, generous paid time off, and retirement plan).

Part-time benefits (generous paid time off, retirement plan. 30 hours receive health benefits)

Visit our website: www.wellspring.org for more details about our programs!

We welcome candidates who have experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum and who demonstrate patience, flexibility, and a strengths-based approach to care.

Wellspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $20.60 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Weekend shifts are required. Are you able to work weekends?
• Are you interested in full time or part time?

Shift availability:

• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)
• Day Shift (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Bethlehem, CT 06751 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $4 - $21