Vinfen

YCCS Mental Health Counselor

Location US-MA-Lowell
ID 2025-4230
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Salary
USD $23.00/Hr.
Sunday
11pm-7am
Monday
11pm-7am
Tuesday
11pm-7am
Friday
11pm-7am
Saturday
11pm-7am

Overview

The YCCS Mental Health Counselor will provide direct service to youth who have behavioral health symptoms, mental health, substance use or co-occurring disorders behavioral health in a Youth Community Crisis Stabilization (YCCS) Program. The YCCS Mental Health Counselor will help prepare youth returning to the community to engage in a recovery process and to communicate their strengths, hopes, dreams and goals to the team.
 
The YCCS Program is designed to provide a staff-secure, safe, and structured crisis stabilization and treatment environment for youth ages 13-18 who require 24-hour per day care in an unlocked treatment setting in a community-based program. The YCCS Program serves as a medically necessary, less restrictive, and voluntary alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
 
The YCCS Mental Health Counselor's also:
  • Implements individual's treatment plan.
  • Assists with intake and orientation procedures with youth and their families or identified supports.
  • Ensures an environment that promotes safety, recovery and treatment.
  • Assists clients in routine living activities including cleaning, meal preparation, vacuuming, and grocery shopping.
  • Uses crisis intervention techniques when necessary. Access on-call back up when needed. 
  • Performs other duities as assigned.

Keywords: Youth, Children, direct care, outpatient, VinfenBHD

Responsibilities

 

 

About Vinfen

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

 

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

 

  • A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
  • First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
  • Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
  • Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
  • Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
  • Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
    • 15 days of Vacation per year
    • 11 Paid Holidays
    • 10 Sick Days per year
    • 3 Personal Days per year
  • Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
  • $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
  • Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

 

About Us:

 

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,500 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in over 550 sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers.

 

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

 

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

 

Qualifications

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • One to two years of job-specific experience in the human services field preferred. Preference given to bi-lingual/bi-cultural applicants and applicants with lived experience of psychiatric conditions.
  • Ability to balance competing priorities.
  • Ability to make independent judgments and decisions.
  • Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity.
  • Must be able to become CPR and First Aid required within two weeks of hire. Must be able to complete all additional trainings within defined time frame
  • A valid driver's license must be presented at the time of employment. Must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver's license for at least 6 months.
  • Must be able to successfully pass a CORI, SORI, education check, employment verification and driver's screen background check.

Pay Range

USD $23.00 - USD $23.00 /Hr.

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