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Residential Counselor Adult - Shelter Plus

Provide support services to adults who may have intensive needs who live in Howard Center short term or long-term residences and/or crisis programs. This role ensures a safe, healthy, and functional environment while providing direct service to clients.

Shelter Plus is a co-ed, Permanent Supportive Housing program in Burlington with the capacity to support up to 6 adults with major mental health challenges. This is a single-staffed program. 

Responsibilities:

• Help residents strengthen independent living skills through milieu-based and community-based activities
• Facilitate therapeutic and recreational groups
• Plan/participate in weekly house meal
• Provide supportive counseling, medication management, and crisis intervention, as needed
• Help clients strengthen coping and symptom management skills

Requirements:

• Driver's license and use of a vehicle
• A combination of experience, skills and/or education in working with adults that experience mental health challenges, substance use disorders and/or intellectual disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, or another human services field

Structure:

• Part time, 13 hours/wk
• Non-exempt
• AFSCME Union
• Starting at $21.14 an hour plus shift differentials
• We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience

Benefits:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee referral program with financial payment
• Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain College truED
• Retirement through 401(k)
• Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing workplace wellness advocacy and education
• Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes, auto/home insurance, and more!

Our Values: Clients are at the heart of our decision making. We are committed to individual and collective well-being and success. We are responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us. We are steadfast in our practice and pursuit of excellence.

Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency's culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color, LGBTQIA+ and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. Visit "About Us" to review Howard Center's EOE policy.