Come demonstrate your passion for child & family empowerment by joining the Wayside team!

At Wayside, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity- focused community that approaches client care as a matter of social justice. Wayside is one of Massachusetts’ most respected child and family serving agencies with program locations across Central, Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6,000 children, young adults, and families each year.

Wayside thinks of our employees as whole people and invests in benefits to support employee wellness.

• Tuition, training & student loan reimbursement
• PTO Package: 3 Wellness Days (time off), 9 Paid Holidays, Up to 3 weeks of vacation (in your first year)
• A learning environment – free training institute with thought leaders, CEU trainings & program trainings, etc.
• Financial health supports
• Equity focused medical benefits
• Teamwork atmosphere
• Career development support – a great place to grow your career!!!

**$1000.00 SIGN ON BONUS**

Starting Salary: Residential Counselor I - $15.00/hour Residential Counselor II -$18.50/hour

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has open positions for Residential Counselors providing support services to youth and families. Wayside provide a warm work environment with management that is team- focused and places value on healthy work dynamics.

Tasks Milieu Work:

• Directly supervise clients with energy & compassion
• Participate in staff meetings with ideas, ways to create positive care for clients.
• Facilitating recreational activities for clients that are fun and fantastic.
• Co – creating with clients with the staff team to ensure the program structure.
• Positive role modeling for youth.
• Seeing every possibility in every youth and in all interactions all the time

This is the perfect job for YOU if you:

• Love being part of a thriving team.
• Want to offer innovative care to youth and families
• Available evenings and weekends.

Competencies/Traits of Residential Counselor Superstars:

• Talent to connect with people.
• Warm approachability
• Strong Communication skills
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Flexibility and creative thinking with an ability to adapt

Minimum Requirements:

• High School degree or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Associates Degree preferred.

We love if folx have any of these (but not required):

• One year experience working in adolescent services
• Experience with a strength-based, client-centered milieu a plus.
• Experience with a diverse, multicultural population including
• LGBTQ+
• Bilingual

We will train you in: MAP, TCI, CPR, First Aid upon hire Plus- a ton of other things like Courageous Conversations, Motivational Interviewing

Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ+ applicants are encouraged to apply!

Founded in 1977, Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a non-profit, nationally accredited human services agency dedicated to building Strength, Hope and Resiliency through its family-based outreach services, residential treatment programs, and community-based counseling services to thousands of children, youth and families throughout Eastern and Central Massachusetts.

Wayside is committed to an inclusive, diverse, vibrant workforce that reflects the communities we serve, celebrates the rich diversity of our children, youth, families and employees and believes that by harnessing the power of our collective similarities and differences we can better serve our mission. Therefore, we are dedicated through open communication and ongoing education to increase awareness and pledge to seek out and respect diverse voices in all aspects of our work.