Overnight Awake Counselor - Developmental Disabilities Services
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Eliot Community Human Services
Lexington, KY, US
Summary
The Overnight Awake Counselor monitors and supports residents with intellectual disabilities throughout the night, ensuring their safety and well-being. Responsibilities include assisting with morning routines, administering medication, performing housekeeping tasks, and documenting significant health or behavioral concerns.
Job Description
Join Eliot – A Place to Belong, Grow, and Inspire Change
At Eliot, your work has purpose. You’ll be part of a compassionate, mission-driven team committed to resilience, empowerment, and lasting change. We foster an inclusive workplace where all backgrounds and perspectives are valued, creating a culture of belonging and professional growth.
Benefits at Eliot
We prioritize your well-being, work-life balance, and career growth. Benefit eligible positions include:
- Generous Paid Time Off – Vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
- Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Retirement Savings – 401(k) with employer match
- Wellness & Family Support – Discounted fitness services and access to trusted childcare resources
- Financial Security – 100% company-paid life and accidental death insurance
- Professional Growth – Ongoing training, career advancement programs, tuition reimbursement, and leadership development
Eliot is seeking an Overnight Awake Counselor to join our Developmental Disabilities (DD) residential program serving adults with intellectual disabilities. Our residential programs offer a person-centered continuum of services that provides innovative and high quality programming to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The program offers support and opportunities for individuals to enrich their lives, develop social and daily living skills, and build social and community connections. This position requires the candidate to be awake, alert, and available to individuals throughout the course of the night providing assistance and support as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and support residents providing assistance and intervention as needed
- Assist individuals with morning routines to include meal preparation, hygiene and other related tasks
- Administer medication in accordance with associated regulations
- Perform housekeeping and personal care tasks as needed
- Provide support and training to promote personal growth and accomplishment (may include social, behavioral, and personal care
- Report significant health, safety, and behavioral concerns
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Experience working with adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities
- Valid Massachusetts drivers license
Schedule:
- Thursday-Saturday, 11pm-9am (30 hrs)
Hourly Rate$19.50—$19.50 USD
At Eliot, we are committed to supporting you at every stage of your career, providing opportunities for growth, purpose, and community. We foster belonging in the workplace by identifying and removing barriers that may prevent individuals of all backgrounds from reaching their full potential, advancing into leadership roles, and fully engaging at all levels of the organization.
Apply today and make a difference.
For over 70 years, Eliot has been providing hope, healing and opportunity to children, youth, families, and adults throughout Massachusetts. Eliot's behavioral health and human services programming is evidence-based and measurement-driven, positively impacting the lives of 60,000+ individuals and families annually. Using a person-centered, community-oriented approach, Eliot partners directly with the populations we serve. Integrated program design applies expertise across the agency to provide the highest standard of quality care to participants, their families, and the community, ensuring there is no wrong door to healing and prosperity.
Our Services
With 2,500 employees, Eliot provides a comprehensive and diverse spectrum of community-based services for individuals and families of all ages in the areas of mental and behavioral health, developmental disabilities and acquired brain injury, early childhood intervention, care and counseling coordination, and youth and family programming. Eliot applies a proprietary transdiagnostic model and collaborative framework to produce expedient, effective and lasting outcomes for participants.
Employees of Eliot receive generous benefits, including:
-401K with Employer Match
-75% Healthcare Premiums Paid
-Dental and Vision Offered
-Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
-Up to 4 weeks vacation per year
-$3,000 Annual Tuition Reimbursement
Founded
1958
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lexington, MA
For over 70 years, Eliot has been providing hope, healing and opportunity to children, youth, families, and adults throughout Massachusetts. Eliot's behavioral health and human services programming is evidence-based and measurement-driven, positively impacting the lives of 60,000+ individuals and families annually. Using a person-centered, community-oriented approach, Eliot partners directly with the populations we serve. Integrated program design applies expertise across the agency to provide the highest standard of quality care to participants, their families, and the community, ensuring there is no wrong door to healing and prosperity.
Our Services
With 2,500 employees, Eliot provides a comprehensive and diverse spectrum of community-based services for individuals and families of all ages in the areas of mental and behavioral health, developmental disabilities and acquired brain injury, early childhood intervention, care and counseling coordination, and youth and family programming. Eliot applies a proprietary transdiagnostic model and collaborative framework to produce expedient, effective and lasting outcomes for participants.
Employees of Eliot receive generous benefits, including:
-401K with Employer Match
-75% Healthcare Premiums Paid
-Dental and Vision Offered
-Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
-Up to 4 weeks vacation per year
-$3,000 Annual Tuition Reimbursement
Founded
1958
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Mental Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Lexington, MA
