Youth Care Professional (Paxton, MA) - Full-time

Are you interested in working for a human service agency where the sky is the limit for growth potential? Do you enjoy working with children in need and making a difference in their lives?

If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

$1,000 Sign On Bonus

Base pay $16.80/hr. Could reach as high as $19.65/hr with 7+ years experience and a bachelors degree

3-11pm Evening Schedule

Being a Direct Support Professional has its advantages!

As a Direct Support Professional at Devereux, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. You will assist in the planning and implementation of services for assigned clients, and be responsible for the safety and security of all clients in assigned units. You will also provide therapeutic interventions as necessary.

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – Massachusetts' STARR is an off campus group home located in Webster, MA, and serves co-ed youth, ages 6 to 12, on a rapid reintegration care program. With a 1:3 staff to student ratio, the emphasis at STARR is to identify and treat safety/risk factors, barrier behaviors, factors that precipitated placement, and facilitate reintegration of the youth to the family or next appropriate placement in the shortest time period possible, usually within a matter of days.

You will add value by:

Maintaining a safe and therapeutic treatment environment that meets the physical, emotional, and personal needs of program clients while improving functioning and minimizing interfering behaviors.

Providing client documentation to include shift reports, incident reports, and individual progress notes.

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Full-Time Benefits include (but are not limited to):

• 24 personal days off/year
• 8 sick days/year
• Blue Cross Insurance & High Deductible plans available
• FSA or HSA
• Cigna Dental plans
• Davis Vision plans
• Pet Insurance plans
• Tuition Reimbursement Program between 75-100% coverage
• 3% automatic contribution to 403b retirement account (TIAA Financial) after a year of service & discretionary 2% match
• Free Life Insurance up to 2x annual salary –
• Free Health Advocacy Services
• 5 free Carebridge counseling sessions
• 3-5 free wellness coaching sessions through NY Life
• $5,000 reimbursement for diagnosis and ABA services for Autism Spectrum Disorders
• $150 Gym membership reimbursement
• AT&T Mobile Discount
• Discounts on Hotels, Rental Cars, Theme Parks, Electronics & more!