Atlantic House Men's Shelter - Residential Aide

CAMBA INC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 21,662 - 30,852; Full time

Job summary

CAMBA INC is hiring a Residential Aide in Brooklyn, NY. The role requires a high school diploma and involves maintaining client relationships, confidentiality, and following health and safety procedures.

You will assist with daily living tasks, meal prep, dorm checks and coordinating with supervisors. Responsibilities include bed checks, inventory of linens and personal care items, and ensuring policy compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in residential or social services preferred.
• Background in health or client-care settings is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and ensure confidentiality.
• Follow universal precautions and standard procedures.
• Assist with daily living tasks and meal/service setup.
• Conduct bed-checks and support dorm/policy compliance.
• Distribute linens and basic personal care items.
• Escort clients as needed and report changes to supervisor.
• Participate in safety and cleanliness activities.

Skills

Client interactions

Confidentiality

Safety procedures

Team support

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Details

• Level: Experienced
• Job Location: Brooklyn, NY 11233
• Position Type: Full Time
• Education Level: High School
• Salary Range: $19.06 - $19.06 Hourly
• Job Shift: Any

What The Residential Aide Does:

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.
• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.
• Comply with any and all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.
• Update and inform clients of program changes (i.e., food services changes, laundry assignments, etc.) through individual and group meetings.
• Assist with client bed-check every evening.
• Conduct dorm inspection to ensure client compliance with facility policies.
• Intervene and diffuse inappropriate client interaction, as necessary.
• Monitor clients’ behavior and report client changes in behavior or personal care to Supervisor and/or appropriate social services staff.
• Ensure that clients receive personal care products and laundry products weekly, and replace any personal care items as needed.
• Sort, count, and bag bed linens, blankets, and towels (may wash, dry and fold).
• Distribute clean bed linens, blankets, pillows, and towels to clients.
• Monitor clients' use of laundry facilities, including running new client’s belongings through the dryer.
• Strip former clients' beds and lockers, sort, bag, label and document belongings, carry bags to storage area, and store bags for safekeeping.
• Identify, sort, bag, label and document valuable client belongings (i.e., electronics, cash, documents, etc.) and give to Supervisor for storage.
• Follow client belongings policy and retrieve personal property of former clients upon their return.
• Escort clients, as needed.
• Check food deliveries for quality and quantity of items and report any issues to Supervisor.
• Prepare kitchen and dining facilities for mealtimes and clean up after each meal.
• Heat and serve prepared foods according to Food Standards Policy (i.e., follow menu, set portion sizes, food service hygiene, check temperature of meals, etc.)
• Store food according to the Food Storage Policy (i.e., check temperature of refrigerators, rotate food, etc.)
• Prepare paper goods, setups and condiments for mealtimes.
• Set up coffee and hot water urns before each meal.
• May collect garbage in bags and remove to appropriate storage location.
• May prepare and serve lunch.
• May plan, coordinate and facilitate social and/or peer support events for clients.
• Tasks may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time.

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. or equivalent experience.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• TB testing is required as part of the pre-employment/onboarding process
• Participate in Department of Health Food Protection 15 hour Course, pass exam and become a certified Food Handler.
• Must obtain Annual PPD Test.
• May be required to become First Aid/CPR certified.
• May be required to become certified in overdose prevention.
• Bi-lingual preferred.