RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 2-3 WAE

State of Louisiana; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave

Holidays and Leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

State of Louisiana in Alexandria is seeking a Residential Services Specialist 2-3 WAE to support residents at the Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center. The role focuses on improving clients' skill levels and coordinating on-campus job activities to promote independence.

Ideal candidates bring experience in behavioral health or related fields or coursework in education, psychology or nursing. The job offers part-time shifts of varying lengths with premium pay options and comprehensive

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include at least one year of training or experience in providing behavioral health or developmental disability services or psychiatric patient care.
• Alternatively, twelve semester hours in education, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, child guidance or nursing.

Responsibilities

• Change diapers, clean toilets, and turn residents every two hours or as required.
• Assist with simple screening procedures.
• Facilitate residents with activities to achieve individual goals and independence.
• Instruct clients in active treatment programming to promote independence.
• Position and transfer residents using wheelchairs, walkers, tables, whirlpools, and other equipment while ensuring safety.
• Assist residents with housekeeping and meal preparation per meal plans.
• Bath and feed residents and assist with general care.
• Assist with shopping, transportation, transfers, and securing residents.
• Push wheelchairs for daily activities, parades, and facility events.

Job description

About This Job

We’re looking for a Residential Services Specialist 2-3 WAE to join our dedicated team at Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center (CLSSC) — a facility committed to providing active treatment and healthcare services to individuals with intellectual, developmental, and orthopedic disabilities in the least restrictive environment.

This role is vital in assisting with improving clients' skill levels and on-campus jobs as assigned by the Supervisor to promote independence.

If you’re compassionate, skilled, and ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, mission-driven setting—this could be the opportunity for you!

Minimum Qualifications

One year of training or experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services or psychiatric patient care; OR

Twelve semester hours in education, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, child guidance or nursing.

Job Duties

Job Duties and Other Information

• Change diapers, clean toilets, and turn residents every two (2) hours and at other times as required.
• Assist with simple screening procedures.
• Facilitate residents with activities, including recreational activities, to achieve their individual goals and objectives.
• Instruct clients in all areas of active treatment programming throughout the facility where required, to assist residents in achieving their most independent outcome.
• Positions and transfers residents in and out of wheelchairs, walkers, at the table, in the whirlpool and shower trolley, in bed, for toileting, swimming pool, beauty shop chair, and assuring resident safety at all times by adhering to policy on lifting and transferring.
• Assist residents with general housekeeping duties (cleanliness, bed making, washing, and preparing meals according to meal plans and suggestions)
• Bathes and feeds residents and assists in the general care of the instructed.
• Assist with shopping for clients, ride the bus, and assist with transferring and securing residents.
• Push the resident's wheelchair for daily activities, holiday parades, and facility plays, etc.

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type: Part Time WAE. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of the Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center.

Work Schedule: Will be required to work 8, 10, 12, or 16-hour shifts; shifts will be determined based on facility needs.

Compensation

this position has the following premium pay:

Longevity (for Actual Hours Worked):

$1.00 - 0 months to less than 6 months

$1.50 - 6 months to less than 3 years

$2.00 - 3 years to less than 5 years

$2.50 - 5 years or greater

Shift Differential (for Actual Hours Worked):

$0.90 - 2nd shift evenings 2 pm-10:30 pm

$0.50 - 3rd shift nights 10 pm-6:30 am

$0.50 - All shifts weekend/Holidays

Market Conditions (for Actual Hours Worked):

$1.50

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Contact Information

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Central LA Supports and Services Center

5400 Coliseum Blvd

Alexandria, Louisiana 71303

318-487-5484

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:

Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave

Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave

State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others