Family After School Program - Direct Care Worker - Relief
Job Description
Riverside Community Care
Love What You Do!
Relief Direct Care Worker - Family After School Program
Great opportunity to join our Family After School Program as a Relief Direct Care Worker!
Riverside’s Family After-School Program offers a structured, therapeutic environment for children ages 6-12 in the Cambridge and Somerville areas who have faced challenges including neglect, homelessness, and trauma. With a focus on clinically intensive, trauma-informed services, the program helps children develop coping skills, self-expression, and peer relationships, while supporting family involvement through regular events and collaboration.
As a Direct Care – Relief team member, you’ll work collaboratively with a dedicated group of professionals—including the Program Director, Clinical Specialist, Child and Family Counselor, and Young Adult Peer Mentor—to deliver engaging programming that supports children’s emotional and social development.
In this vital role, you will:
- Partner with the program team to maintain a positive, therapeutic environment addressing the emotional, developmental, and physical needs of each child
- Plan, organize, and lead engaging activities that promote learning, structure, and safety
- Supervise and interact positively with children throughout the program day
- Communicate with team members to ensure coordination of care and consistency across services
- Provide safe and reliable transportation for children to and from the program and on field trips
Schedule: Relief hours available Monday through Friday between 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Pay Rate: $20.60/hourly
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
- Eleven paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
- Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
- Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
- Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
Learn more about our benefits and culture:
Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!
Required Skills
- Prior experience or a comfort level supervising and/or working with children with special needs is preferred
- Valid driver’s license
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Must be dependable, responsible, and able to work both independently and as part of a team
Required Experience
- High school degree required, Bachelor’s degree recommended
- At least one year working with children in recreational, school or community settings
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
Riverside Community Care
Love What You Do!
Relief Direct Care Worker - Family After School Program
Great opportunity to join our Family After School Program as a Relief Direct Care Worker!
Riverside’s Family After-School Program offers a structured, therapeutic environment for children ages 6-12 in the Cambridge and Somerville areas who have faced challenges including neglect, homelessness, and trauma. With a focus on clinically intensive, trauma-informed services, the program helps children develop coping skills, self-expression, and peer relationships, while supporting family involvement through regular events and collaboration.
As a Direct Care – Relief team member, you’ll work collaboratively with a dedicated group of professionals—including the Program Director, Clinical Specialist, Child and Family Counselor, and Young Adult Peer Mentor—to deliver engaging programming that supports children’s emotional and social development.
In this vital role, you will:
- Partner with the program team to maintain a positive, therapeutic environment addressing the emotional, developmental, and physical needs of each child
- Plan, organize, and lead engaging activities that promote learning, structure, and safety
- Supervise and interact positively with children throughout the program day
- Communicate with team members to ensure coordination of care and consistency across services
- Provide safe and reliable transportation for children to and from the program and on field trips
Schedule: Relief hours available Monday through Friday between 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Pay Rate: $20.60/hourly
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
- Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
- Eleven paid holidays
- Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
- Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
- Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
- Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
- Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
Learn more about our benefits and culture:
Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!
Required Skills
- Prior experience or a comfort level supervising and/or working with children with special needs is preferred
- Valid driver’s license
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Must be dependable, responsible, and able to work both independently and as part of a team
Required Experience
- High school degree required, Bachelor’s degree recommended
- At least one year working with children in recreational, school or community settings
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
About Riverside Community Care
A community-based non-profit organization serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, Riverside Community Care offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. And our digital learning platforms extend our reach to more than one million people around the globe, providing tools for education, prevention, and crisis management.
We are dedicated to: Children, youth, and families needing mental healthcare, early intervention services, family support, and care coordination services.
Individuals with mental health needs seeking counseling and/or medication, emergency psychiatric services, employment, and housing support.
Those with developmental disabilities, brain injury, or autism, needing residential services, employment assistance, or support services.
Families and children who have experienced domestic violence.
Schools, colleges, workplaces, and communities seeking to address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk.
Organizations and communities facing the aftermath of a tragic event such as a teen suicide or natural disaster.
We partner with local hospitals and physicians, and work with most insurers and MassHealth in support of individual and collective goals.
Our staff are remarkable, compassionate people who are proud of the work they do to improve people’s lives and are up for any challenge.
You can count on Riverside when you or someone you know needs help.
We take your trust seriously and work hard to make a difference by delivering integrated, quality care.
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