Resident Advisor, Markus Gardens YAA

ACMH, INC.; Hempfield Township (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

ACMH, INC. seeks a Resident Advisor for Markus Gardens YAA in Queens (Jamaica). The role supports young adults (18-24) with daily living skills, health care, and conflict resolution.

Schedule is Fridays to Sundays, 3:00pm-11:00pm, providing direct service in a 16-bed OMH licensed program and reporting to the Program Director. The position involves hands-on coaching, health screenings, and incident documentation. High school diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience with persons with mental illness or addictive disorders preferred.
• Foster care or residential treatment experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support and training with daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, socialization, and conflict resolution.
• Assess and train participants to care for health, hygiene, and living spaces.
• Monitor and document self-administration of medications per program policy.
• Conduct apartment inspections and oversee maintenance and inventories; inform supervisor of issues.
• Lead groups and recreational activities; administer health screening tools.

Skills

Empathy

Conflict resolution

Group facilitation

Training delivery

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Description

Position: Resident Advisor, Markus Gardens YAA

Function: Provides direct service to participants. Assists with training in skills of daily living including cooking, cleaning, budgeting, socialization, and conflict resolution in a 16 bed OMH Licensed Program for young adults, ages 18-24.

Reports to: Program Director

Location: Queens (Jamaica)

Schedule: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays (3:00pm-11:00pm)

Tasks

• Provides hands-on support and training with daily living skills: planning and preparing nutritious meals, maintaining living space, personal hygiene, budgeting and money management - including banking and paying bills.
• Regularly assess and trains participants to care for their health and hygiene and maintain their living space.
• Monitors and documents client self-administration of medication, according to program policy and procedures.
• Conducts regular apartment inspections, and oversees maintenance of apartments, inventories furniture, and alerts director of maintenance problems.
• Upholds tenant obligations as per Resident Agreement and Rider, informing the director of any issues.
• Assist in leading groups and recreational activities
• Administers standardized health screening tools
• Alerts supervisor on duty to incidents, regressions and high risk behaviors.
• Provides empathy and individualized support to program participants, as needed.
• Assists participants with conflict resolution.
• Documents services delivered, response to service and significant events, incidents, regressions and high risk behaviors.
• Trains participants in safety procedures and conducts fire drills and self- preservation tests.
• Attends trainings as requested by supervisory personnel.
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma or G.E.D. Bachelors preferred. Progressively responsible work history. Experience with persons with mental illness/addictive disorders preferred. Experience as a graduate of foster care or residential treatment, a plus.

Part-Time Hourly Salary: $23.65

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.