Overnight Residential Counselor

About the role

Little Heroes Home is a Group Home treatment setting for latency-aged clients that specializes in trauma informed care. Little Heroes provides 24‑hour comprehensive care including a full clinical staff, nursing staff, and direct care staff. In this position you will convey your passion for helping others with a dynamic team by bringing an energetic and positive approach while working with our clients.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe and therapeutic community by supporting clients in developing and role modeling effective coping strategies.
• Help clients discover what makes them feel competent and valued by working with them to develop life skills such as cooking, banking, vocational skills, and more.
• Support clients in developing a sense of self and provide them the skills to be successful in their next steps.
• Learn to provide physical interventions and verbal de‑escalations to maintain the safest therapeutic atmosphere.
• Remain awake throughout the overnight shift to ensure the safety and wellbeing of youth.
• Transport clients as required (valid driver’s license needed).
• Be available to work evenings, holidays, and weekend shifts as required.

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age.
• Maintain a valid driver’s license for transporting clients.
• Available to work evenings, holidays, and weekend shifts as required.
• Pass background and driving record checks.

Skills

• Energetic and positive approach.
• Passion for helping others.
• Ability to role model effective coping strategies.
• Skill in supporting clients to develop life skills (cooking, banking, vocational, etc.).
• Capacity to support clients’ sense of self and future success.
• Ability to provide physical interventions and verbal de‑escalations.

Benefits

• $2,000 bilingual bonus for new hires who speak a second language fluently (other than English) and use it to serve clients.
• Reimbursement for registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work (e.g., LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN, etc.).
• Access to excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
• Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 per year and a pension after 5 years of employment.
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4,000 per year and discounted tuition rates at select partnership colleges and universities.
• Wellness benefits including employee engagement groups, self‑care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full‑time employees in the first year (and more thereafter).

Pay

The pay range for this position is $19.00 to $25.00 per hour.

Schedule

Schedule 1 includes alternating A/B weeks: A Schedule – Sunday through Wednesday, 10PM‑8AM (Week A is 40hrs); B Schedule – Sunday‑Tuesday 10PM‑8AM and Wednesday staff meeting 12PM‑2PM (Week B is 32hrs). Schedule 2 includes alternating A/B weeks: A Schedule – Thursday through Saturday, 10PM‑8AM and Wednesday staff meeting 12PM‑2PM (Week A is 32hrs); B Schedule – Wednesday through Saturday, 10PM‑8AM (Week B is 40hrs).