COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATE A, WELLNESS RECOVERY CENTER - CHARLOTTESVILLE (PRN)

About the role

This is a FLSA non-exempt position in which the incumbent serves as a Community Services Associate I at the Wellness Recovery Center, a Region Ten program for adults experiencing a mental health crisis. The incumbent monitors the center and the program clients during duty hours, must maintain safe conditions for clients and provide general care and supervision, and must remain awake, alert and available during all duty hours. The position is located at the Wellness Recovery Center, 504 Old Lynchburg Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, and reports to the Director III/Program Manager II for the Wellness Recovery Center.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the center and program clients during duty hours.
• Maintain safe conditions for clients and provide general care and supervision.
• Remain awake, alert and available during all duty hours.
• Follow agency policy and procedures and Wellness Recovery Center protocols.
• Report to the Director III/Program Manager II for the Wellness Recovery Center.
• Apply clearly prescribed standard practices using program protocols, with some decision‑making required.
• Refer questionable situations to the program manager on duty.
• Perform in accordance with applicable professional ethics, state quality assurance standards, DBHDS regulations, and established Region Ten policies.

Requirements

• Obtain First Aid training, CPR certification, and medication management training.
• Hold a valid Virginia Driver's License with an acceptable driving record.
• Possess a high school diploma.
• For business use of a personal car, provide a certificate of valid personal automobile insurance.

Skills

• Knowledge of CPR, First Aid, medication administration, characteristics of mental illness and/or substance use, local public agencies and their functions and interrelationships.
• Skills in written and oral communication, CPR, First Aid, maintaining order, dealing professionally with individuals and agencies, obtaining vital signs, administering medications, demonstrating respect and reassurance toward clients, providing reality orientation, personal computers and keyboarding.
• Ability to pass CPR and First Aid training courses and maintain certification, successfully complete medication administration training, work effectively with a wide variety of individuals, maintain flexible work hours and occasional emergency coverage, tolerate difficult clients and working conditions, work well under stress, work effectively in a crisis situation.

Pay

Hourly Salary Range GRADE 7: $17.37 – $26.06 per hour.

Schedule

PRN (Non‑Exempt); work hours and schedules will vary based on program need.