Associate Rehabilitation Counselor - Full Time/Permanent - Jamestown, NY
Job Function
This individual will provide case management, rehabilitative, and restorative services to residents within our Community Residence Program. Counselors are responsible for teaching, coaching, and monitoring residents’ daily living activities in a community residence or apartment setting, in order to develop skills, abilities, and experience that will facilitate greater opportunity for the resident to live independently.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education, Experience, and Knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in human services-related field; or an associate degree in human service-related field and three years’ experience in human services; or a high school diploma and five years’ experience in human services.
- Must possess a working knowledge of current issues and concerns of people with mental illness, rehabilitative training methods, and community resources.
Other Duties/Qualifications
- Maintain cleanliness of the residence
- Medication management
- Calmness, sensitivity and understanding for individuals suffering from mental illness and substance abuse.
- Professional demeanor
- Ability to work independently and self-motivated.
- Be able to travel to and among various facilities that are multilevel with stairs only.
- Have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record.
- May be required to use personal vehicle for programmatic purposes. (Mileage reimbursed for site-to-site travel).
- Criminal Background check approved by NYS Office of Mental Health
Benefits
We offer paid-time off, paid holidays, affordable medical/dental/vision, 403b retirement plan, Company profit sharing plan and much more!
Pay
Starting at $17.37 per hour
Schedule
Tuesday - Thursday 10am-6pm, Fri - Sat 7am-3pm. Willingness to provide 2nd & 3rd shift coverage for staff on PTO.
Contact Information
To apply, please email resumes to: mcevoyc@stel.org and indicate the Job title and location in the Subject line.
About the Role
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE.) STEL, Inc. complies with all applicable requirements of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Title VII, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - Title I; New York State Human Rights Law; and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.