Overnight Residential Counselor

Job overview

The Overnight Residential Counselor role is onsite in Burlington, VT, with pay of $24 per hour plus a $2.50-per-hour overnight shift differential. Lund provides family-centered education, treatment, family support, and adoption services to help children thrive and strengthen families. The counselor supports residents’ daily routines, parenting and life skills, and personal responsibility while maintaining a structured, safe, and nurturing therapeutic living environment.

What you'll do

• Guide residents through daily routines and individualized treatment plans
• provide mentorship, crisis intervention, and support with household responsibilities, hygiene, and self-care
• teach and supervise meal preparation
• explain schedules and activities to new residents
• transport residents when necessary
• provide onsite respite care to infants and young children as needed
• complete room checks and documentation
• administer medications, breathalyzers, and urinalysis once trained
• report concerns to supervisors.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

overnight residential counselor

residential services

life skills support

therapeutic living

burlington vt

lund

$24/hour

$2.50/hour shift differential

crisis intervention

family services

paid training

health and dental benefits

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, life, and disability insurance
• retirement plans
• paid time off
• 13 paid holidays
• wellness reimbursements
• and paid training.

Why this role

The posting requires a bachelor’s degree in a human services-related field and one year of mental health experience, with relevant experience potentially substituting for a degree. It notes occasional off-hours crisis response, irregular hours, and possible statewide travel.

About the employer

Lund is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.