Residential Counselor - Relief
The Home for Little Wanderers

Job Info

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The Home for Little Wanderers, Southeast Campus, located in Plymouth, MA is located on a beautiful 53-acre property, currently looking for Residential Counselors on a Relief basis to make a difference in the lives of youth who have experienced trauma and/or who have significant emotional and behavioral challenges in a residential setting.

Our campus offers a unique recovery environment for youth, providing them with a respite from the challenging circumstances that have brought them into care, in a heavily wooded facility with a lake, walking trails, fields, a Project Adventure ropes course, and full gymnasium, utilizing evidence-based and trauma informed practices.

How You'll Be Making a Difference

When you join The Home for Little Wanderers/Wediko, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids.

For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-riskyouthsfrom birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect,trauma,or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent lovingrelationships,and a secure path toward a better, brighter future.

• New employees receive training in behavior support, crisis management, trauma informed care, and best practices in social services. We do this through a focus on positive and healthy relationships, including a core belief that youth need to feel cared for in order to make progress.
• Staff learn to work in groups and run activities designed to enhance youth healthy growth and development.
• We encourage our staff to come up with new ideas for activities and routines and focus on a child-centered, team approach to care.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or equivalency
• Bachelor's degree and prior experience in the field preferred, but not required.
• Mainly we want people who want to help our youth, and are willing to learn how. We are happy to train people who want to make a difference in the lives of an amazing group of young people.

Valuing Diversity

We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

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