Senior Team Counselor

Riverside Community Care; Dedham (MA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Medical FSA

Dental & Vision

Holidays

Vacation & Sick time

403(b) employer match

Employee assistance

Job summary

Riverside Community Care in Dedham, MA is seeking a Senior Team Counselor to join the ACCS program. You will work as part of an integrated team delivering interventions, supporting engagement, and helping clients build natural supports for community living.

The role involves contributing to assessments, teaching relationship skills, and ensuring medications are understood and managed per MAP policies. Requires a HS diploma and three years of related experience; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and three years related experience required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation required.

Responsibilities

• Provide input to person-centered assessment and service planning, advocacy, coordination, and linkage with other services and the community.
• Model and teach skills for development of positive relationships, and negotiation of conflict.
• Assist persons served in understanding, managing, and dispensing medications consistent with MAP and agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular daily, monthly, and annual clinical records in keeping with DMH, agency, and division policies and procedures, and within required timelines.

Skills

Teamwork

Driver's license

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Riverside Community Care

Love what you do!

Senior Team Counselor - Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS)

ACCS Integrated Teams provide clinical interventions and peer and family support to facilitate engagement, support functioning and maximize symptom stabilization and self-management of individuals and to assist individuals in developing skills, establishing natural supports and resources to live successfully in the community.

The Senior Integrated Team Counselor will work as a member of a Persons’ Team having primary responsibility in delivering interventions identified in the treatment plan with clinical guidance from the Integrated Team clinical staff. This position will have a specialty role in at least one area of expertise which may include: building new relationships with community resources, research and connection with various benefits and resources, employment and education, or representative payee.

The Senior Team Counselor will also be responsible for:

• Provide input to person-centered assessment and service planning, and advocacy, coordination, and linkage with other services and the community.
• Model and teach skills for development of positive relationships, and negotiation of conflict.
• Assist persons served in understanding, managing, and dispensing medications consistent with MAP and agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular daily, monthly, and annual clinical records in keeping with DMH, agency, and division policies and procedures, and within required timelines.

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours

Pay Rate: $23.35/hourly

Why You'll Love Riverside

We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Twelve paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

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Required Skills

• Ability to work as a member of a team and to function independently required.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation required.

Required Experience

• High School Diploma and three years related experience required; Bachelor’s degree preferred

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

Qualifications:

• Ability to work as a member of a team and to function independently required.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation required.