Adolescent Day Counselor

Come demonstrate your passion for child & family empowerment by joining the Wayside team!
*****SIGN ON BONUS OF $2000!! ($1000 after 30 days; $1000 after 90 days)*****
At Wayside, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity- focused community that approaches client care as a matter of social justice.Wayside is one of Massachusetts’ most respected child and family serving agencies with program locations across Central, Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6,000 children, young adults, and families each year.
Wayside thinks of our employees as whole people and invests in benefits to support employee wellness.

• PTO Package: 3 Wellness Days (time off), 9 Paid Holidays, Up to 3 weeks of vacation (in your first year)
• A learning environment – free training institute with thought leaders, CEU trainings & program trainings, etc.
• Equity focused medical benefits
• Teamwork atmosphere Career development support – a great place to grow your career!!!

Adolescent Day Counselor

Salary Range: $1 9.25 - $21.00 /hour depending on experience + $2,000.00 sign-on bonus (sign-on bonus is pro-rated for Part Time)

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has open positions where you can begin to build a career! No college degree necessary! Wayside provides a warm work environment with team focused management that places value on healthy work dynamics. A perfect job for folks who like to be busy, creative and offer innovative care to youth and families.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and facilitate therapeutic and psycho-educational groups for clients.
• Maintain consistent communication with families.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure a safe and therapeutic program structure and strive for identified standards of behavior and to provide a positive role model for youth.
• Responsible for keeping in compliance with program and agency policies, standards and protocols.
• Show yourself to be a willing learner in trainings and maintain necessary certifications.
• Support skill building for all youth through collaborative team work.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• High quality communication skills show an ability to connect with others, approachability, being respectful to others, able to communicate with others at all levels.
• Reflective self-awareness.
• Ability to manage risk.
• Dynamic ability to support youth.
• Demonstrates flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, processes, and procedures).

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associates Degree Preferred, minimum of one year experience working in adolescent services or related internship.

We will train you in : Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Trauma Informed Practice, Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, CPR and First Aid.

Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ+ applicants are encouraged to apply!