GILEAD - Residential Support Worker

About the role

Established in 1968, Gilead has over 50 years of experience providing the highest quality services that support each person’s recovery from mental health or substance use challenges in their lives. Gilead empowers personal growth, independence and recovery through improved mental health, physical well-being, and community integration. Gilead’s supportive and collaborative services are marked by excellence, compassion, innovation, and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Understanding needs of clients experiencing severe and prolonged mental health and substance abuse disorders through Gilead’s training and education
• Aiding with meal preparation, household chores, shopping, cleaning, laundry, and money management, in the teaching of daily living skills
• Providing recovery-oriented services with an emphasis on dignity, respect, and inclusion of family and other natural supports
• Exchanging information from one shift to another, through required reporting documentation and communication, both electronic and paper documentation, as needed
• Aiding with coordination and provision of transportation to treatment, community and social outings, and other essential appointments
• Working with the treatment team to support clients’ mental health, providing education and training regarding symptom management, and assessing for risks as necessary
• Acting with compassion, integrity, and ethics

Requirements

• High school diploma; Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Maintain and provide proof of valid driver’s license and automobile insurance in good standing
• Reliable use of personal vehicle as needed

Qualifications

• Hands-on learning experience and supervision
• Scholarship, tuition reimbursement, and professional development opportunities
• Paid training, education, and certification as necessary (including CPR training)

Skills

• Compassion
• Integrity
• Ethics

Benefits

• Generous paid vacation, sick, and personal time plus paid holidays
• Affordable, employer-sponsored medical and dental insurance (Gilead pays 88%)
• Employer-provided long-term disability and life insurance (Gilead pays 100%)
• Paid training, education, and certification as necessary (including CPR training)
• This is a union position and pays $18.89 per hour. The compensation also includes a $1,500/year stipend added to the base pay over 26 pay periods.