Residential Counselor - Per Diem

Looking for a career where you can make a meaningful impact every day? If you're passionate about supporting adults in a residential setting, COMHAR invites you to join our team as a Residential Counselor. In this vital role, you'll provide daily support, guidance, and structure to adults with mental health, behavioral health, and social challenges, helping them build skills and achieve greater independence.

Per Diem | Philadelphia, PA 19034 Area

Residential Counselor Salary:

$16.84/HR

Residential Counselor Shifts:

• Per Diem/ On-Call

Job Summary

The Residential Counselor provides direct care and support to adults receiving services through COMHAR's Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS), located in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia. CRRS offers a homelike, structured living environment that promotes independence, self-determination, and recovery. Residential Counselors support individuals with mental health, behavioral health, emotional, and social challenges by assisting with daily living skills, goal setting, and community integration.

In this role, counselors work with individuals and groups to help clients identify and achieve personal, social, and recreational goals through educational and skill-building activities offered both within the residence and in the community. Emphasis is placed on fostering positive interpersonal relationships, encouraging healthy social interactions through weekly community meetings, and reinforcing skills consistently. Residential Counselors collaborate with clinical teams and support clients' participation in COMHAR day services to further enhance social, emotional, and independent living skills, while maintaining a safe, supportive, and respectful residential environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for communication on and between shifts of client information and supervisory directives
• Deliver quality and consistent individual and group activities, i.e., counseling sessions, hours meetings, supervising residents' chores, monitoring medications, activities of daily living(shopping, meal preparation, cooking, personal hygiene, laundry), social and leisure skills.
• Ensures safety and security of the facility including COMHAR property, valuables, medication storage, client funds, tokens/transpasses, petty cash, client rents, and crisis management.
• Maintains involvement in the development and review of residential service plans, psychosocial evaluations and annual reviews.
• Maintains required or requested timely and accurate chart documentation such as progress notes, residential service plans, house logs, incident reports, medication checklist, chore/meal schedules, etc.
• Ensure compliance to all internal and external regulations, policies, and procedures, e.g., confidentiality, client rights, call-out procedures, health and safety, HIPAA, compliance, etc.
• Promote continuity of program activity through the maintenance of proper channels of communication through a team approach to comprehensive services, i.e., supervision and staff meeting attendance as requested.
• Participates in all mandatory training at hire and annually, e.g., confidentiality, fire safety, infection control, crisis prevention/intervention, suicide prevention, cultural awareness, disaster training, driver training, medication monitoring, safety and emergency procedures

Residential Counselor Requirements:

• High School Diploma (or GED)
• Current Driver's License; satisfactory driving record; eligible to operate program vehicles.
• 6months-1 year of experience in a mental health environment

About COMHAR:

COMHAR is a nonprofit human-services organization dedicated to empowering individuals, families, and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives. Our mission is: "To provide health and human services that empower individuals, families and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives." Serving the Philadelphia region since 1975, COMHAR provides a wide continuum of behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disability, substance use, and social support services. With programs that include outpatient treatment, residential services, community-based recovery centers, supportive housing, and specialized services for children, families, and diverse populations, COMHAR delivers person-centered care rooted in dignity, respect, and community integration. Today, COMHAR's team supports more than 5,500 people each month, helping individuals build stability, independence, and meaningful connections in their communities. COMHAR strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

COMHAR is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace. COMHAR, Inc. is a not-for-profit community-based health and human service organization founded in 1975. We do not discriminate in services or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, past or present receipt of disability-related services or supports, marital status, veteran status, or any other class of persons protected by federal, state or local law.