Mental Health Counsellor - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Kiva Centers, Inc.

Description

Safe Haven Residential Counselor (Homeless Services) #27377
Full time - Regular

Sign on Bonus :
$3000; $As a Safe Haven Residential Counselor, you will provide support to and engage Safe Haven residents in a welcoming and comfortable setting, designed as a safe, low-demand alternative to the streets or shelters for people with significant histories of homelessness and psychiatric conditions, sometimes with substance misuse. You will meet residents' needs for privacy and safety, and gradually encourage their participation in working on their self-defined needs for income/benefits, finding permanent housing, addressing health issues, and building social support.

Together with staff and residents, Safe Haven Residential Counselors will foster a place of mutual respect, support, caring and collaboration where safety, health, and learning are paramount and attaining permanent housing is the goal.

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):
~11 Paid Holidays
~3 Personal Days per year

~ 500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap
~ Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more

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 3,200 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in 318 programs throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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.

Keywords:

social services, counseling, social work, group home, DSP, Direct Care, psychology, mentor, mental illness, mental health, disability, developmental disabilities, behavioral, rehabilitative, psychiatric, outreach worker, outreach services, human services, nonprofit, autism, crisis, trauma, advocacy, developmental disability, recovery.

A bachelor's degree in a Human Services related field is preferred.
Strong time management and writing skills.
All applicants must be able to become CPR and First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment.
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