SUB - Residential Counselor Adult - Mental Health
Burlington, VTJob$21.56/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Substitute Residential Counselor provides support to adults with intensive needs who live in Howard Center short- or long-term residences. The role covers shifts due to vacancies and planned or unplanned time off, with the full responsibilities of a Residential Counselor. The counselor may train to work in multiple residential or group homes, each with a unique population, structure, and shifts.
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This job was posted by https://www.vermontjoblink.com : For more information, please see: https://www.vermontjoblink.com/jobs/1433852 Click the link below to learn how Howard Center helps change lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wchi-A_Ks0{target="_blank" rel="noopener"} SUB - Residential Counselor Adult - Mental Health: Provide support services to adults who may have intensive needs that live in Howard Center short term or long-term residences. Ensure a safe, healthy, and functional environment while providing direct service to adult clients. In this position you could train to work in multiple residential/group homes, each one unique in population, structure and shifts. A Substitute Residential Counselor covers shifts due to vacancies and planned/unplanned time off and has the full responsibilities of a Residential Counselor. Responsibilities: - Develop healthy therapeutic relationships with adult residents - Manage, assess and adjust the social and physical environments to ensure appropriate supervision and crisis management - Support residents in creating and following safety plans and crisis plans - Assist residents with de-escalation and conflict mediation - Assist with program operations, staff training, and resident daily living functions, such as meal/menu preparation, household maintenance/organization and personal care - Conduct overall health monitoring and medication administration and/or oversight Requirements: - A combination of experience, skills and/or education in working with adults that experience mental health challenges, substance use disorders and/or intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder, or another human services field - Valid driver's license and transportation Structure: - Hours vary weekly - $21.56 an hour Benefits: - Employee Assistance Program - Employee referral program with financial payment - Discounted online undergraduate/graduate courses through Champlain College truED - Retirement through 401(k) - Award-winning workplace wellness program including physical fitness groups for staff, financial wellness incentives, and ongoing workplace wellness advocacy and education - Voluntary benefits from local/international businesses: discounted gym memberships, mobile phone service, ski/snowboard passes, auto/home insurance, and more! **Our Values:**Clients are at the heart of our decision making. We are committed to individual and collective well-being and success. We are responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us. We are steadfast in our practice and pursuit of excellence. Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency's culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. Visit "About Us" to review Howard Center's EOE policy.
How this job compares
Set against the 608 open Mental Health Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.56/hr
- US median$32–39/hr157 hourly ranges
This rate, $21.56/hr, is 39% below the US median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Mental Health Counselor hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 608 open Mental Health Counselor jobs across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- OptiMindHealth50 open
- Veterans Health Administration49 open
- Magellan Health Services42 open
- Experience
- Mental Health Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (192 postings).
- Education
- 402 of the 608 open Mental Health Counselor jobs (66%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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