RESIDENCE COUNSELOR

Bobit Business Media; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 40 000 - 56 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Saint Dominic's Family Services in New York seeks a dedicated residential care worker to support individuals with mental health challenges, following agency policies and procedures. The role includes supervising medications, assisting with daily living tasks, preparing service plans, and coordinating with treatment teams; strong communication and accuracy are essential.

Candidates should have a high school diploma and prior residence experience preferred; training will be provided to maintain

Qualifications

• High school graduate.
• Experience in a residence with mental health conditions preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and memos.

Responsabilités

• Carry out agency goals and mission.
• Supervise and train clients in personal healthcare and hygiene.
• Supervise medication administration and intake.
• Prepare service plans to improve individuals' functioning.
• Assist with job seeking skills.
• Maintain progress notes, restorative services, goals, incidents.
• Communicate with treatment teams, families, and clinicians.
• Drive clients to appointments as needed.
• Attend mandatory training and staff meetings.

Connaissances

Reading

Writing

Communication

Cultural sensitivity

Formation

High school diploma

Description du poste

Saint Dominic's Family Servicesis an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans).To read more about this, view the EEO is the Law poster.
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Carryout the goals, objectives, and the Mission of the Agency.

Isfamiliar with and follows policies and procedures outlined in the AgencyPersonnel Manual and the OMH Services Procedure Manual.

Contributeto the safety and therapeutic environment of the programs.

Portraya positive role model for the clients and appropriately advocate for theirneeds.

Attendand participate in weekly supervision sessions and staff meetings as requestedby the residence manager.

Providesupervision and training to clients in the following areas: Personal healthcareand hygiene, e.g., bathing, washing, dental care.

Personalsafety, including assessment of self-help, fire drills and safety regarding theuse of kitchen appliances. Individual clothing care, personal belongings,bedroom and living quarters. Food and meal planning, preparation, purchase andstorage. Use of household appliances, washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer,vacuum cleaner and other small appliances. Use of public transportation.

Assistwith and/or assume the responsibility for cooking, cleaning, and cleaning upafter a meal .

Superviseindividuals while taking their medications, receive, log in and monitor intakeof medications, assess for adverse reactions, count medications with theindividuals, encourage individuals to take medications at the appropriatetimes.

Prepareservice plans with the individuals, designed to improve their abilities andoverall functioning.

Assistwith job seeking skills.

Responsiblefor writing and maintaining appropriate documentation on assigned individuals,including progress notes, restorative services, goals and objectives andincident reports.

Communicateeffectively with members of other treatment programs, family, therapist,psychiatrist, and other community-based treatment programs.

Responsiblefor timely and accurate submission of daily time.

Actas a therapeutic change agent for those individuals presently in the agency andfor the potential clients applying for admission to the program .

Driveindividuals to appointments when necessary.

Usetherapeutic and respectful strategies when dealing with individuals and staff.

Attendmandatory training as well as implement individual annual staff training plan.

Education & Experience

High school graduate.

Experience in a residence working withindividuals with mental health conditions and people experiencing mental healthchallenges preferred, not required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Abilityto read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, andmemos.Ability to write simplecorrespondence.Ability to effectivelypresent information in one-on-one and small group situations to peers, clients,families and other employees of the agency.

Abilityto add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and100's.

Abilityto perform these operations using units of American money and weightmeasurement.

Abilityto apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolvedwritten or oral instructions.Ability todeal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardizedsituations.

Abilityto interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the servicepopulation’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employeefrequently is required to stand or sit for long periods. The employee isoccasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.The employee must occasionally lift and/ormove up to 25 pounds.