Residential Life Associate Men's Treatment (Full-Time)

Residential Life Associate

Location: All Straight & Narrow Programs (Passaic/Patterson/Secaucus)
Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm, 4:00pm-12:00am, 12:00am-8:00am (flexibility required)
Regular Salary: $16.00-17.00/Hr.

• Client Supervision and Support:
• Provide direct supervision and support to clients at all times
• Maintain high visibility in client areas to provide structure and supervision
• Absolutely no use of personal cell phones while driving, on duty, or responsible for client supervision or care, except in emergency situations and in compliance with organizational cell phone and vehicle-use policies
• Complete, document and ensure the completion of client rounds at least every 30 minutes and verify the presence of all clients listed on the roster
• Essential Job Duties:
• Have thorough knowledge of the contents of the Clients Handbook
• Conduct searches of clients person and property as per policy and procedure
• Follow Policy & Procedure for any client on shift who is discharged, voluntarily leaves the program prematurely, or is removed from the agency by the authorities
• Collect and secure belongings of any client who leaves the program
• Collect clients urines for testing in accordance with Policy & Procedure for Clients Urine Screens
• Escort and monitor clients between CC- Straight & Narrow units and/or facilities as required
• Transport, escort and monitor clients on appointments outside the agency as assigned
• Serve as a liaison between residential and outpatient programs
• Supervise in-house client visits when assigned
• Ensure all documentation is included in the clients physical chart or Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• Know all company Policies and Procedures, guidelines, and daily operations
• Ensure all clients areas and common areas are cleaned and organized at all times
• Assist with housekeeping duties when applicable
• Provide clients with approved non-prescription medication when requested in accordance with Policy & Procedure for Non-prescription Medication kept on the Units
• Documentation and Communication:
• Document all movement (e.g., emergency room visits, outside meetings, in-house meetings, etc.) on Rounds Report
• Report any significant events or individual client or group movement outside the agency to the Supervisor on site and Senior Director of Residential Life
• Document major incidents on Shift Report (clients acting out behaviorally; medical emergency, reportable event; positive urines, or other suspicion and/or proof of drug or alcohol use; any major changes in clients scheduled activities)
• Complete Incident Reports for any unusual occurrences and submit to appropriate supervisors
• Follow all Electronic Health Records (EHR) policies
• Shift Change and Workplace Practice Responsibilities
• Follow Dress Code Policy
• Remain on shift until your replacement arrives. Inform the supervisor onsite immediately of your replacements absence
• Help find an alternate staff member who would be willing to cover your responsibilities when you are not going to report to a scheduled shift. Submit name of alternate staff member to supervisor for approval before date out of the agency
• Report to work, as usual, on any holidays that occur on a regularly scheduled workday
• Review any and all Staff-to-staff Communication Logs filed since your last day of work prior to starting your shift and initial and date
• Pass on keys and (where applicable) radios to incoming shift
• Provide Educational/didactics to clients if assigned
• Crosstrain as assigned in all CC- Straight & Narrow Programs
• Work location and schedule assignment may be subject to change based on agency need
• Medicaid Credentialing & Documentation Compliance:
• Maintain and satisfy all Medicaid-required qualifications and credentialing standards necessary to provide billable direct care services within the program
• Deliver services in accordance with Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, and applicable Managed Care Organization (MCO) requirements, funding sources, state contracts, state Fee for Service Initiatives (FFS), county contracts, etc. ensuring all activities are eligible for reimbursement
• Accurately document all services provided to clients in a manner that fully supports Medicaid billing, medical necessity, and audit review
• Complete documentation that is timely, complete, and compliant with all federal, state, and payer requirements, ensuring that services are verifiable and substantiated for reimbursement
• Understand and adhere to the requirement that services not properly documented or performed by appropriately credentialed staff may not be billable under Medicaid funding

Qualifications:

• High school Diploma / General Education Diploma (GED) with experience in the social service or health field
• Working towards the CADC/Recovery Specialist, Addictions and Mental Health experience preferred
• Addictions and Mental Health experience preferred
• Have and maintain CPR/First Aid certification or achieve CPR/First Aid /ServSafe certification within thirty (30) days from the date of hire
• Good computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft computer programs and Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Must have a driver's license, which is valid in the State of New Jersey and points on license not to exceed 5 points. Required to drive agency vehicles to transport service recipients on a regular basis. Please follow the Agency Vehicle Drivers Agreement

Benefits:

• For full-time positions, we offer medical, vision, dental, life and supplemental life insurance
• Accidental and Critical Illness Insurance
• 403B with employer match
• Paid Time off (PTO)
• In house training seminars
• Two training days for certified professionals
• SN also offers supervision for those individuals trying to become licensed in NJ as a LCADC/CADC, LSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC and LMFT
• We participate in employee discount programs such as the Working Advantage program