Position: Residential Counselor (Direct Support Professional)
Location: Wilmington, MA
Salary: $20/Hour until fully trained, $21/Hour fully trained. We will train!
About Us:
Walnut Street Center is a nonprofit human service agency that provides support services to adults with Intellectual Disabilities, assisting them in living engaged and meaningful lives: opportunities to live, work, volunteer, and socialize within the community.
Who we are looking for:
Seeking qualified Residential Counselors to help empower adults with intellectual disabilities to make more meaningful life choices by working directly with those individuals in one of our many programs.
The Job Responsibilities:
- Ensuring community engagement
- Assisting with ensuring a livable environment
- Participating in the development, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of each individual's goals
- Providing therapeutic support and assisting in Behavior Support Plans, if appropriate
- Transporting individuals
- Medication Administration
- Assisting individuals with Activities of Daily Living such as feeding, dressing, toileting, and other aspects of personal care, and nutritional needs
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive
- Ability to pass a driving and background check
- COVID-19 Vaccine Card
- Ability to communicate effectively in English
- Ability to complete training both online and in-person
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous human services or long-term care experience is strongly preferred
- CNA/HHA experience preferred
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred
Benefits of working with Walnut Street Center:
- Health Insurance for Full-Time AND Part-Time Employees
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401K matching
- PTO
- Tuition Reimbursement
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule: Multiple Schedules Available!
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Overnight shift
- Weekends as needed
- Weekends only
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 16 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- 403(b) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Loan forgiveness
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid orientation
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Holidays
- On call
- Overnight shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Caregiving: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
- MAP (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Wilmington, MA 01887: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person