GILEAD - Residential Support Worker (Nights)

Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.; Old Saybrook (CT); Hybrid; USD 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & personal time

Health insurance (Gilead pays 88%)

Long-term disability & life insurance

Hands-on supervision

Tuition reimbursement & professional开发

Job summary

Clear Destination Inc. is seeking a Residential Support Worker for Gilead’s Old Saybrook area adolescent residential program, working Sundays to Wednesdays from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM (32 hours per week).

This awake overnight role provides coaching, mentoring, advocacy, and supportive services for teens with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. You will assist with meals, chores, money management, and daily living skills while coordinating transportation for treatment

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance; reliable use of personal vehicle.
• Experience in mental health or direct-care field preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Understanding needs of clients experiencing severe and prolonged mental health and substance abuse disorders through training and education.
• Assisting with meal preparation, household chores, shopping, cleaning, laundry, and money management, in teaching daily living skills.
• Providing recovery-oriented services with dignity, respect, and inclusion of family and other natural supports.
• Exchanging information from one shift to another via required reporting documentation and communication, both electronic and paper.
• Assisting with coordination and provision of transportation to treatment, community and social outings, and other essential appointments.
• Working with the treatment team to support clients’ mental health, providing education and training regarding symptom management, and assessing for risks as necessary.
• Acting with compassion, integrity, and ethics.

Skills

Driving (vehicle)

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

About the position:

The Residential Support Worker for Gilead’s Old Saybrook area adolescent residential program works Sunday - Wednesday 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM (32 hours per week) providing coaching, mentoring, advocacy, and supportive services in a program serving adolescents with major mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. The position is an awake overnight position. The individual in this role also performs or assists with household chores and provides teaching and training in areas such as money management, daily living skills, providing prompts as necessary. Applicants with no experience and interested in entering the mental healthcare or direct-care field, or individuals seeking a career change are encouraged to apply to this position.

Minimum Requirements:

• Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Must maintain and provide proof of valid driver’s license and automobile insurance in good standing
• Reliable use of personal vehicle as needed

Benefits:

• Generous paid vacation, sick, and personal time plus paid holidays
• Affordable, employer-sponsored medical and dental insurance (Gilead pays 88%)
• Employer-provided long-term disability and life insurance (Gilead pays 100%)
• Hands-on learning experience and supervision
• Scholarship, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities
• Paid training, education, and certification as necessary (including CPR training)

This is a union position and rate of pay is $18.89 per hour.

Responsibilities:

• Understanding needs of clients experiencing severe and prolonged mental health and substance abuse disorders through Gilead’s training and education
• Assisting with meal preparation, household chores, shopping, cleaning, laundry, and money management, in the teaching of daily living skills
• Providing recovery-oriented services with an emphasis on dignity, respect, and inclusion of family and other natural supports
• Exchanging information from one shift to another, through required reporting documentation and communication, both electronic and paper documentation, as needed
• Assisting with coordination and provision of transportation to treatment, community and social outings, and other essential appointments
• Working with the treatment team to support clients’ mental health, providing education and training regarding symptom management, and assessing for risks as necessary
• Acting with compassion, integrity, and ethics.

Gilead employees are held to standards and regulations set by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and other regulatory bodies. These standards are outlined in Gilead’s “Standards of Conduct” policy. It’s important that these standards and regulations are met through all duties performed, outcomes achieved, and conditions kept within the organization.