Relief Staff at Volunteers of America Massachusetts – Sommerville, Massachusetts

The Opportunity: Direct Care Staff at a Veteran Facility

Job Type: Full-time, On-Site

Pay: $19-21/hour

What We Do || Through our powerful integrated behavioral health care model, we bring together vast resources from a diverse team of caring staff to help each client meet their personal goals. The care we provide paves the way for greater opportunity and second chances by focusing on the critical pillars towards a healthy life: behavioral health, financial stability, and safe housing.

As a Direct Care Worker, you’ll have a dynamic and critical role maintaining a safe and secure environment within our Mass Bay Veterans Center facility. At MBVC, veterans are welcomed home. MBVC is a safe, clean, and compassionate environment for individuals to make connections to employment opportunities, long-term independent housing, substance abuse counseling, and mental health care. MBVC is a community where veterans have the time and resources to take care of themselves, create relationships with one another, and get the support they need to rebuild their independence.

This role is about making a difference in the lives of the people we serve. You’ll bring the following qualifications:

• High School degree and a minimum of one year related experience in a human service setting with those who suffer from mental health, disability or substance abuse issues. or equivalent.
• Experience/interest in working with veterans preferred.

Hours:

We are seeking candidates who would like to work per diem shifts. Available shifts include weekdays and weekends: either 7am-3pm, 3-11pm, 11pm-7am OR 7am-7pm and 7pm-7am.

Pay:

$19/hour for weekday shifts & $21/ hour for overnight and weekend shifts

To best serve our clients, your key responsibilities will involve:

• Provide internal security and crisis intervention as required.
• Enforce program rules on a consistent basis and operates the behavior management system.
• Maintain an awareness of the condition of the building and property, and reports any security issues or maintenance needs to the Program Director.
• Know, understand, and follow all program policies and rules, as well as VOA policies and procedures.
• Accept any other responsibilities as assigned or needed to maintain the security, integrity, and environment of the program.

Since 1934, VOAMASS has provided critical services to the residents of the Commonwealth. From pioneering early residential treatment programs in the 1960’s to leading today in the field of mental health programming, VOAMASS can be counted on to tackle our greatest challenges.

VOAMASS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.