Maintain household records and assign rooms. Counsel residents in identifying and resolving social or other problems. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs and furnishings. Residential counselors deal with an array of problems such as family, financial and educational situations. Counselors must possess high physical and emotional energy to handle the problems they address.
Counselors usually have private offices to ensure client confidentiality.
The most significant source of training is a Bachelor's Degree. It is projected that the annual average growth in the number of jobs as residential counselors in New York State between 1994 and 2005 will be 380.