Residential Support Counselor

Essential Functions

• Provide a positive emotional support and supervision to residents.
• Aid individuals in reaching their goals and improving skills for independent living.
• Incentivize and support the resident's efforts to maintain health status through hygiene, diet, exercise, rest, and coping strategies.
• Incentivize and support the resident's efforts to increase social contacts, vocational development, skill development for independent living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and access to community resources.
• Facilitate the administration of medications and complete required documentation.
• Collaborate as a member of a team.
• Safeguard quality in work performed to ensure service delivery quality.
• Comply with Sweetser health and safety policies.
• Commit to the organization's mission, vision, and values.

Position Requirements

• Valid state driver's license.
• Lived experience in Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse system encouraged.
• One (1) year of experience providing direct care and/or crisis intervention to adults in a related field.

Education Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• MHRT-I state certification or eligibility for and completion of certification within the first year of employment.