Direct Support Professional - Awake Overnights

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Job description

Direct Support Professionals, also known as Therapeutic Residential Advisors at Cornerstones of Maine:

• Serve as a mentor and coach to residents
• Supervise the residents as they go through their daily routines and supervise the home as the residents sleep
• Provide assistance to residents with activities of daily living, personal finances, cooking, and other household responsibilities
• Provide client transport to and from locations throughout the community
• Administer crisis intervention as needed

We are currently recruiting for a new program of Cornerstones of Maine, set to open in January 2025.

About Cornerstones of Maine:

Cornerstones of Maine is a small residential treatment program designed to assist young adults (ages 18 to 28) in their journey to adulthood. We address the current need for therapeutic services for young adults who have significant potential but are struggling with mental health issues that are obstacles to their ability to live independently.

Cornerstones of Maine is a diversity inclusive program and is committed to enriching the therapeutic experience it offers through the diversity of our staff members. We seek to recruit and support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to the program's diversity of viewpoints. We encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented groups, including people of color, staff with diverse gender identities, and individuals who have followed non-traditional pathways to the mental health field due to exceptional talent and motivation in the face of adversity, such as societal, economic, or academic disadvantages.

Why Work for Cornerstones?

Working at Cornerstones means participating in a project whose mission is to help young adults who are lost and on a dangerous road to a lifetime of struggle. You will be working with a team that is wholeheartedly committed to helping these young people make a transformational change in their lives. You will be surrounded by a team that is as committed as you to doing everything they can to help these struggling young people.

Additionally, Cornerstones has:

• A company culture of compassion, support, vulnerability, acceptance, self-reflection, and kindness.
• Generous benefits package - health insurance, whole life and term life insurance, short and long term disability, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, paid bereavement leave, employee assistance program, emergency travel assistance, paid holidays, and a stipend for continuing education and professional development.
• Opportunities for advancement.
• Opportunity to make a real and lasting impact in a young adult's life.

Please see our website for more information about our program:

Applicants have noted that our return emails are sometimes routed into spam folders. Once you submit your application please check your spam folder regularly for responses from us

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