Community Habilitation Counselor- HCBS
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Ohel Children's Home and Family Services
Cedarhurst, NY, US
Summary
The counselor provides one-on-one support to youth with mental health challenges or medical needs to help them acquire and maintain essential daily living skills. Responsibilities include ensuring health and safety during service delivery and assisting youth in achieving their specific habilitation outcomes.
Job Description
Ohel is looking for Community Habilitation Counselor who are creative, dedicated, and responsible to work one-on-one with youth who have mental health challenges or who are medically fragile and live at home in the community. Community Habilitation covers in-person services and supports related to the youth’s acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of skills necessary to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and/or Health-Related Tasks delivered in the community.
Responsibilities include addressing health and safety needs required during the delivery of the service, and the necessary staff actions to assist the youth in reaching their Community Habilitation outcome. The activities are designed to preserve or enhance independence or reduce the loss of independence.
Requirements:
- Paraprofessionals with a high school diploma or GED and appropriate skills and training
- Experience working with children/youth (preference given to those with experience working with children/youth with special needs)
Valid NY or NJ Driver’s license preferred. Good English communication skills a must. Flexible part time, after school hours. Locations include Brooklyn, Queens, Far Rockaway and Long Island.
Salary: $19.00-$22.00 per hour
For more than 50 years, Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services has provided a safe haven for those suffering in our community. Starting as a foster care provider for Jewish families in the New York metropolitan area, today Ohel cares for more than 17,000 individuals from all communities through a broad range of programs including mental health services, housing, elder care, respite for parents with a child with disabilities, outpatient counseling for everyday people with everyday problems, and trauma resources for communities in New York and across the nation.
Founded
1969
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
For more than 50 years, Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services has provided a safe haven for those suffering in our community. Starting as a foster care provider for Jewish families in the New York metropolitan area, today Ohel cares for more than 17,000 individuals from all communities through a broad range of programs including mental health services, housing, elder care, respite for parents with a child with disabilities, outpatient counseling for everyday people with everyday problems, and trauma resources for communities in New York and across the nation.
Founded
1969
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
