Residential Specialist

Liberty Resources; City of Oswego (NY); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Home like setting

Relaxed atmosphere

Variety of work hours

Mentorship/Entry level growth

Peer Certification hours

Job summary

Liberty Resources in Oswego, NY seeks a Per Diem Residential Specialist to join our Crisis Residence Program. This role supports adults in crisis with wellness coaching, counseling, and recovery planning, under a Need Adapted Treatment model.

The position emphasizes flexible hours (evenings, weekends, overnights) in a home-like, supportive setting, with opportunities to grow within the agency and earn peer-certification hours.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; 1–3 years in mental health or related field, or a Bachelor's degree.
• Student/intern in NYS DOH-approved program, Licensed Practical Nurse, or CASAC qualify.
• Experience in behavioral health and recovery-oriented approaches preferred.
• Comfort in supporting individuals in psychiatric crisis.
• Strong critical thinking and de-escalation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide crisis support, health and wellness coaching, and relapse prevention.
• Collaborate with Health Homes, hospitals, and treatment providers on care plans.
• Offer advocacy, counseling, and linkage services to guests.
• Deliver recovery-oriented services using Need Adapted Treatment and Motivational Interviewing.
• Provide coverage including evenings, weekends, and overnights.
• Complete all required documentation on schedule.

Skills

Crisis-de-escalation

Critical-thinking

Counseling-skills

Advocacy

Relapse-prevention

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

LPN or CASAC qualification

Job description

We are currently searching for a passionate and motivated Per Diem Residential Specialists to work in our Oswego Crisis Residence Program.

Liberty Resources has 4 Crisis Residence locations with 3-8 beds in Syracuse, Oneida, Oswego, and Auburn. The respite homes are community based residential programs that provide a therapeutic environment for adults experiencing a mental health crisis. The program provides Peer Support Services utilizing individuals with a history of lived experience with mental health challenges and a willingness to share their story as well as Crisis Support Staff who have extensive experience in the field. The staff provides services including but not limited to health and wellness coaching, reoccurrence prevention planning, wellness activities, family support, conflict resolution, and referrals and linkage services. The goal is to stabilize crisis to support a guest’s safe return to their community and to provide preventive measures for reducing un-necessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support. We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

What We Offer:

• Home like setting
• Relaxed atmosphere
• Variety of work hours
• Mentorship/Entry level experience with ability for growth in the agency
• Offers Peer Certification hours

Residential Specialist Position Summary:

The Crisis Intervention Residential Specialist provides support to individuals experiencing challenges in daily life that create risk for an escalation of symptoms that cannot be managed in the individual’s home and community environment. Through the use of the Need Adapted Treatment Model the Crisis Residence Counselor will provide guests health and wellness coaching, relapse prevention planning, wellness activities, family support, conflict resolution, and other services as needed.

Residential Specialist Job Responsibilities:

• Teach individuals to look at crisis differently and utilize wellness tools to prevent future crises or to decrease the intensity of personal crisis.
• Work closely with Health Homes, hospitals and treatment providers to develop an integrated plan of care including mental health, physical health, substance abuse services, and community supports necessary for individuals to succeed in the community.
• Provide advocacy, supportive counseling and referral and linkage services for program guests as needed and as assigned by the Program Director.
• Provide recovery oriented services incorporating Need Adapted Treatment and Motivational Interviewing.
• Provide coverage for the program as reflected in staffing plan, including overnights as required.
• Completes all required documentation, in timelines in accordance with program standards.

Residential Specialist Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) and 1-3 years of relevant experience working with individuals with Mental Health or Chemical Dependency disorders, or have a Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Student or intern within a DOH-approved NYS education department program, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Counselor (CASAC) also qualify.
• Work experience in a behavioral health or related setting preferred, preferably using the recovery model.
• A respect for and high level of comfort around people experiencing psychiatric crisis.
• Ability to utilize critical thinking, problem-solving and de-escalation skills to assist with creating and maintaining an environment that promotes recovery.

Hours: evenings, weekends, and overnights

Starting Rate:

$20.00 per hour

Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws