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Awake Overnight Residential Counselor (Brain Injury)

2/21/2026

The Awake Overnight Counselor provides direct support to individuals with Brain Injury or behavioral conditions in a residential setting, focusing on building independence skills or increasing quality of life. Duties include administering medication, implementing treatment plans, assisting with daily living activities, and performing nightly cleaning and filing.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Vinfen is one of the most dynamic and innovative health and human services organizations in the country. With over 200 locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, we are a premier provider of comprehensive services for adolescents and adults with disabilities or life challenges. We provide a wide range of evidence-based programs in recovery, supported living, habilitation, education, employment, clinical, and peer support to the populations we serve.
About the Role

Schedule: Thu- Sat 11pm-9am

Salary: $18.75 / hour

As an Awake Overnight Counselor, you will provide direct support to people with Brain Injury or behavioral conditions in either a small group residential setting or an individual living arrangement. In your role you will work together with the people we serve, their families, friends, employers, and other support staff to transform their lives by either building independence skills or increasing each person's quality of life.

Awake Overnight Counselors have a range of duties including have a range of duties include administrating medication under the Medication Administration Plan (MAP), implementing treatment plans, and assisting people with activities of daily living.

Additional responsibilities include nightly cleaning and filing.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

  • A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
  • First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
  • Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
  • Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
  • Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
    • 15 days of Vacation per year
    • 11 Paid Holidays
    • 10 Sick Days per year
    • 3 Personal days per year
  • Educational Assistance and Tuition Remission Programs
  • $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
  • Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more

About Us

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,200 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in 318 programs throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Keywords: mental health, behavioral health, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, ABI, acquired brain injury, care worker, care giver, social services, counseling, social work, group home, DSP, DDS, Direct Care, home health aide, HHA, psychology, mental health, disability, developmental disabilities, rehabilitative, outreach services, human services, nonprofit, autism, crisis, trauma, advocacy, recovery, VinfenRC, VinfenAON, VinfenBID

Qualifications
  • High school diploma or GED required. A bachelor's degree in a Human Services related field is preferred.
  • Experience working with people with developmental disabilities, behavioral conditions and/or brain injury strongly preferred.
  • Strong time management and writing skills.
  • All applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a current, valid, US drivers' license for at least one year.
  • All applicants must be able to become CPR, First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment, Safety Care certified within 90 days and MAP certified within 150 days of employment.
  • Must be able to successfully pass a CORI, reference, national fingerprinting and driving record check.
Key Skills
Medication AdministrationTreatment Plan ImplementationActivities of Daily Living AssistanceNightly CleaningFilingTime ManagementWriting SkillsCPR CertificationFirst Aid CertificationSafety Care CertificationMAP Certification
Categories
Social ServicesHealthcareAdministrative
Benefits
Retirement Plan403(b) PlanMedical InsuranceDental InsuranceVision PlansLife InsuranceAccidental Death & Dismemberment InsuranceLong-Term Disability InsuranceShort-Term Disability InsuranceFlexible Spending AccountsPaid Time OffVacationPaid HolidaysSick DaysEducational AssistanceTuition Remission ProgramsEmployee Referral BonusYMCA MembershipsMovie Tickets
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