Residence Staff, St. Hilda's House (FT)

Acmh; New York (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

ACMH is seeking a Residence Staff for St Hilda's House in Manhattan (Hamilton Heights). The role supports residents by teaching daily living skills, supervising access, and coordinating meals and activities.

The schedule runs Sundays through Thursdays from 3:00pm to 11:00pm, with coverage at other ACMH sites as needed. The position emphasizes safety, crisis response, documentation, and professional conduct with residents, staff, and visitors.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and ability to work with people and take responsibility to perform duties.

Responsibilities

• Monitors the entry and egress of residents and guests.
• Provides first line of defense in emergencies; notifies management and the fire department.
• Administers self-preservation tests, health screenings, and conducts fire/drill tests.
• Monitors and documents residents' self-administration of medication.
• Conducts building rounds and logs resident events.
• Provides coverage at other ACMH residential locations as needed.
• Maintains a calm, respectful demeanor with residents, staff, and visitors.
• Reports incidents or behavioral changes in residents.
• Reviews and updates daily logs.
• Assists residents in performing adult living skills.
• Oversees meal preparation, setup, serving, and cleanup.
• Organizes social and recreational activities and light cleaning.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Responsible

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Description

Position: Residence Staff, St Hilda's House

Function: Provides direct service to clients, assisting with training in skills of daily living.

Reports to: Program Director

Location: Manhattan (Hamilton Heights)

Schedule: Sundays through Thursdays (3:00pm-11:00pm)

Tasks:

• Monitors the entry and egress of residents and guests.
• Provides the first line of defense in case of emergencies; (i.e. calling management, the fire department in case of a fire, etc.), assists with crisis intervention and building evacuation.
• Administers self-preservation test, standardized health screening tools, conducts and documents fire drills, conducts and documents smoke/CO detector tests.
• Monitors and documents client self-administration of medication, according to program policy and procedures.
• Conducts building rounds throughout shift.
• Accurately records resident events, incidents, and building walkthrough observations in the Front Desk Log Book.
• Provides coverage at other ACMH residential locations as assigned, based on program needs.
• Maintains a calm, respectful, and professional demeanor when interacting with residents, staff members, and visitors.
• Reports incidents or behavioral changes in residents.
• Reviews and updates daily logs.
• Assists residents in performing adult skills of daily living.
• Monitors overall maintenance of residence and alerts program director of maintenance problems.
• Responsible for meal preparation, setup, serving/distribution, and cleanup.
• Organizes social and recreational activities.
• Light cleaning as needed.
• Inventories supplies and organizes storage areas.
• Audits program records, as assigned.
• Attends training as requested by supervisory staff.
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma and the ability to work with people and the ability to take responsibility to carry out the duties of the position. Willingness to cover shifts at multiple ACMH residential locations as needed.

Salary: $43,680 plus generous benefits

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.

For more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org

ACMH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment decisions based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, veteran status or citizenship status.