RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 2-3 WAE

About the role

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

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Diapers, toilets, and turns residents every two (2) hours and other times as required.
• Absists with simple screening procedures.
• Absists with improving clients' skill levels and on-campus jobs as assigned by the Supervisor to promote independence.
• Facilitates residents with activities, including recreational activities, to achieve their individual goals and objectives.
• Instructs 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 assures resident safety at all times by adhering to policy on lifting and transferring.
• Absists with general housekeeping duties (cleanliness, bed making, washing, and preparing meals according to meal plans and suggestions).
• Baths and feeds residents and assists in the general care of the instructed.
• Absists with shopping for clients, ride the bus, and assists with transferring and securing residents.
• Pushes the resident's wheelchair for daily activities, holiday parades, and facility plays, etc.

Job Duties and Other Information

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 assures resident safety at all times by adhering to policy on lifting and transferring.

Job Specifications

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

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.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

This position has the following premium pays:

• 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 2pm-10:30pm
• $0.50 - 3rd shift nights 10pm-6:30am
• $0.50 - All shifts weekend/Holidays

Market Conditions (for Actual Hours Worked):

• $1.50

Schedule

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

Contact Information

For further information about this vacancy, contact: Central LA Supports and Services Center 5400 Coliseum Blvd Alexandria, Louisiana 71303 Phone: 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