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Mohawk Opportunities
Schenectady, New York

Residence Counselor- Part Time

CounselorIncludes weekendsNo callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$21.46/hr

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Job Description

Residence Counselor - Part Time

  • Responsibilities of the Residence Counselor are to provide services to adults who have a diagnosis of mental illness and living in a group home. Specific duties of the Residence Counselor included:
  • Provide supportive counseling;
  • Providing rehabilitation skills such as teaching of daily living skills including medication management and coping skills, crisis intervention and prevention;
  • Recreation activities for socialization and stress reduction; and

Maintaining a healthy and clean environment for our clients ensuring clients are doing their chores correctly and by assisting with cleaning activities.

Skills/Qualifications for the Residence Counselor Include

  • High school diploma required, college classes in human services preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability in helping others.
  • Valid and insurable driver’s license.
  • Experience working with people who have a diagnosis of mental illness or other human service experience.
  • Both the ability to work independently and as a team member.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • The ability to be organized and have good time management skills.

Salary and Schedules of the Residence Counselor Positions

$21.46/hour, 32 hours per week. $35,709.44/annual equivalent.

  • Excellent benefits, staff training, generous paid time off, and 30-minute paid meal break.
  • Supportive work environment

Jones Home Schedule

  • Sunday Off
  • Monday Off
  • Tuesday Off
  • Wednesday 8:00am-4:00pm
  • Thursday 8:00am-4:00pm
  • Friday 3:00pm-11:00pm
  • Saturday 3:00pm-11:00pm

Mohawk Opportunities is committed to helping individuals living with mental illness achieve stable community living and independence. Our goal is to provide services and supports that assist individuals living with mental illness to thrive and achieve their full potential for a happy, independent life in the community of their choice.

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All offers for employment will be contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed background checks.

Key Responsibilities

The Residence Counselor provides supportive counseling and rehabilitation services to adults with mental illness living in a group home. Responsibilities include teaching daily living skills, managing medications, facilitating recreation, and maintaining a clean, healthy environment.

Requirements

A high school diploma is required, with college classes in human services preferred. Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and demonstrate the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Key Skills

Crisis preventionOrganization

Counseling Psychology — Counselor Career Context

Of the 42 active Counseling Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 21% have no call, 71% 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 ~$40k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $37k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counseling Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Residence Counselor- Part Time at Mohawk Opportunities a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,752 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Annual compensation range

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Counseling Psychology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 85 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends
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About Mohawk Opportunities

SCHENECTADY, New York

Benefits & Perks

Excellent benefits
Staff training
Generous paid time off
30-minute paid meal break
Supportive work environment

Living in Schenectady

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$314k
Typical market rent
$1,503/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.6
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 · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.