Lead Youth Residential Tech - Carrier Clinic - Per Diem Evenings

Hackensack Meridian Health; Montgomery Township (NJ); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Residential Counselor for their youth treatment center. The role involves supporting adolescents aged 13-18 through supervision, behavior management, and therapeutic activities, ensuring a structured environment. Candidates should possess direct care experience and a relevant educational background, with competitive pay and robust benefits available.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency.
• Relevant educational background such as HS Diploma or Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage the behavior of youth using a nurtured heart approach.
• Lead resident group meetings and coordinate recreational activities.

Skills

Behavior Management

Counseling

Interpersonal Relationships

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24 hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Functions as a role model of healthy interpersonal relationships and demonstrates appropriate behavior for patients, family, and staff.

uses a nurtured heart approach to provide supervision, behavior management, and counseling of the basic needs for the youth,

Residential Counselors will build relationships and assist with developing our adolescence through support of behavior modules.

Responsibilities include leading resident group meetings, coordinating recreation activities, and participating in other group functions.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

HS Diploma or equivalent AND 3-5 years' experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24 hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Functions as a role model of healthy interpersonal relationships and demonstrates appropriate behavior for patients, family, and staff.

• uses a nurtured heart approach to provide supervision, behavior management, and counseling of the basic needs for the youth,

• Residential Counselors will build relationships and assist with developing our adolescence through support of behavior modules.

• Responsibilities include leading resident group meetings, coordinating recreation activities, and participating in other group functions.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• HS Diploma or equivalent AND 3-5 years' experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting

• OR Bachelor's degree

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Starting Minimum Rate

Starting at $24.14 Hourly

Job Posting Disclosure

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to: Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness. Experience: Years of relevant work experience. Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training. Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies. Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location. Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization. Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered. Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts. In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

About the company

Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. The health care network comprises 13 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and nine community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

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