Residential Counselor: Work as part of a team of 6-8 adults. Each team is responsible for a group of 8-10 children or adolescents with serious emotional and behavioral disabilities.

Special Education Instructors & Assistants: Plan and implement active, learner-centered language arts, math and science curricula. Assistants are affiliated with a therapeutic group.

Therapeutic Activity Instructors & Assistants: Specialized staff with training in aquatics, athletics, and visual & performing arts create and implement active, learner-centered curricula. Assistants are affiliated with a therapeutic group.

Culinary Staff: Produce 900 meals a day for children and staff. Also may provide prevocational instruction for students who assist in the kitchen.

Nurses: Work as part of a team of licensed nurses to operate the community health system, administering medications, providing first aid, and monitoring public health concerns.

Program Coordinators: Oversee programming on a daily basis for all 4 developmental groups.

Program Supervisor: 12 month position: 10 months in Boston, 2 months in NH. Manage programming for Summer Program. Comprehensive duties include staff recruitment, training and supervision, program design, development and implementation, and program evaluation.

Clinical Supervisors: Supervise 1-2 therapeutic teams. Provide treatment planning, crisis intervention, produce child clinical reports and supervise direct care staff.

Supervision and training are provided throughout the program by clinical psychologists, social workers, special education professionals, therapeutic recreation specialists and licensed nurses, All staff participate in lectures and case conferences during two weeks of orientation - before the children arrive, and after the children leave.

Qualifications: Desire and ability to work diligently 24 hours a day on a team to help troubled children, at times under stressful conditions. Previous experience with children or adolescents is helpful. With few exceptions, students must have completed at least two years of college to meet and master the job demands of a direct care position. Other jobs require relevant credentials. The ability to meet the physical demands of a rugged 450-acre campus is also required.

Job Dates: Early July to late August.  Eight-week seasonal, summer position, except Program Supervisor. At the end of the summer, full-time school year positions may be available in NH or Boston Wediko Programs.

Application Dates: Hiring decisions are made on a rolling basis. Send in your materials as soon as possible. Download an application above or contact Tiffany Beckum at tbeckum@wediko.org or 617-292-9200. Interviews will be conducted once your application materials are received. If you are reading this in April or later, please call the Boston office to see if positions are still available.

Benefits: Extensive Training, Room, Board, and Stipend. Stipends are based on experience and relevant academic credentials. All staff receive five days off, one per week during the 45-day session. Certain positions may qualify to be AmeriCorps members and be eligible for an AmeriCorps Educational Award.

AmeriCorps: Wediko Children's Services is a proud partner of the AmeriCorps service network. AmeriCorps is a national network of programs that engages more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in communities throughout the nation. Certain positions qualify for service in Wediko's AmeriCorps program. Upon the successful completion of the service term, AmeriCorps members are entitled to a $1,250 Educational Award. AmeriCorps Educational Awards can be used to pay for college or graduate school as well as to repay qualified student loans.

CONTACT

September to June
Tiffany Beckum
72-74 E. Dedham Street
Boston, Massachusetts
(P) (617) 292-9200 
(F)(617) 292-9272
tbeckum@wediko.org

July to August
Tiffany Beckum
11 Bobcat Blvd.
Windsor, New Hampshire
(P) (603) 478-5236 
tbeckum@wediko.org

Wediko Children's Services, Inc. has an ongoing policy of equal opportunity employment. Recruitment, hiring and promotion of qualified individuals is conducted without regard to race, gender, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran or handicapped status.

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