Overnight Emergency Shelter Counselor
Listed compensation
$20-$21.5/hr
Listing transparency2 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
The Center for Youth: Started BY YOUTH FOR YOUTH. We partner with youth to realize their full potential, by creating opportunities, removing barriers and promoting social justice.
Overview
Our free, confidential and voluntary, 13-bed shelter serves youth, 12-17 years old, for up to 30 days. Counselors provide nonjudgmental, individualized support to help youth reunite with their families or find alternative, stable housing.
Schedule
- Full-Time Overnight Hours: Sunday and Monday 10p-8a Wednesday 8a-6p and Thursday 10p-8a
- Part-Time Overnight Hours: Tuesday 10p-8a, Friday 9:30p- 7:30a and Saturday 9:30p- 7:30a
Responsibilities
- Supervision of: wake-up, clean-up, daily chores and bedtime
- Distribution of medications and appropriate documentation
- Liaison with Intake and Emergency Shelter Support (Counseling) teams
- Individual counseling and mentoring
- After-hour response, assessment and intake of youth in need
- Development and supervision of social, cultural and recreational activities
- Crisis/conflict/prevention/intervention, response and intervention
- Maintenance of accurate and timely program records
- Maintenance of facility and grounds
- Daily meal planning and preparation
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Human Services or related field AND 1-2 years' experience in a residential youth program OR Equivalent
A valid Driver's license
Skills
- Counseling approaches and techniques
- Crisis prevention
- Pay Rate: $20.00- $21.50 per hour
- The Center for Youth Provides Equal Employment Opportunities
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Human Services or a related field, or possess equivalent experience. A valid driver's license and 1-2 years of experience in a residential youth program are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Overnight Emergency Shelter Counselor at Center for Youth Services a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Counseling counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
In New York, the Counseling weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (14 salary observations; 54 listings), vs ~$76k nationally (115 salary observations; 470 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-03-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 38% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$43k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $40k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
- No weekends
Living in Rochester
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $247k
- Typical market rent
- $1,476/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 97.0
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Rochester, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.