Community Based Counselor - Part Time
Listed compensation
$23K
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
Riverside Community Care
Love What You Do!
Community Based Counselor also known as Individual Support Counselor
The Individual Support Counselor works as part of a team to provide direct supports, guidance, education, advocacy and supervision for individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities.
The Individual Support Counselor helps individuals live safely in the community, maintain their physical and emotional health, foster relationships with family and community to develop the skills necessary to increase the individual’s independence. Interaction between staff and individuals will reflect an appreciation of each individual’s uniqueness with the expectation and goal of mutual learning and growth.
The catchment area is Norwood/Walpole/Canton Area.
Schedule: Sunday - Thursday 10am-2pm (20 hours)
Rate: $21.67/hour
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
- 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 Individual Support Counselor provides direct supports, guidance, education, advocacy, and supervision to individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities to help them live safely in the community. This role focuses on fostering relationships and developing skills necessary to increase the individual's independence.
Requirements
The role requires working as part of a team to support individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities in maintaining their physical and emotional health. Interaction must reflect an appreciation of each individual’s uniqueness with a goal of mutual learning and growth.
Key Skills
Developmental Disabilities — Counselor Career Context
Of the 43 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 49% are remote, 33% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Riverside Community Care ranks #9 of 10 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Community Based Counselor - Part Time at Riverside Community Care a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,751 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc.
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- On-site
- Includes weekends
Living in Norwood
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $735k
- Typical market rent
- $2,491/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 30 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 108.3
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.