Respite Counselor - Relief
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$1 hourly
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Job Description
Riverside Community Care
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Respite Counselor
In this exciting role, the Respite Counselor will work as part of a team in this acute care residence.
The Respite Counselor will provide guidance, education, supervision, and direct supports to allow consumers to maintain their physical and emotional health, live safely in the community and develop the skills necessary to return to independent living.
Interactions between staff and consumers will be guided by an appreciation for those being served as unique individuals and adults, with the expectation and goal of crisis or situational stabilization.
The Respite programs provide both short and long-term care for persons experiencing mental health, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders who might otherwise require treatment in an inpatient setting and would benefit from structured stabilization, support, care coordination, and treatment planning.
Schedule: Relief
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts available!
- Evening and Weekend Differential - additional $1 hourly
- Overnight Differential - additional $2 hourly
Pay Rate: differentials available!
- $21.21/hour High School Diploma
- $22.27/hour with a Bachelor’s Degree
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits Include
- Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
- Eleven paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
- Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
- Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
- Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
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Key Responsibilities
The Respite Counselor will provide guidance, education, supervision, and direct supports to consumers in an acute care residence to help them maintain health and develop skills for independent living. Interactions focus on appreciating consumers as unique individuals with the goal of crisis or situational stabilization.
Requirements
Candidates must have a High School Diploma, with a higher pay rate offered for those possessing a Bachelor's Degree. The role involves providing structured stabilization, support, care coordination, and treatment planning for individuals with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$45k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $43k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 44 active Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 41% are remote, 32% have no call, 73% require no weekends.
Riverside Community Care ranks #10 of 10 employers hiring contract/1099 Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Counseling pay on WeekdayDoc is up 18.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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- Includes weekends