Residential Support Counselor - Belfast

Summary

Join the Adult Residential Team in Belfast! $2,000 Sign-On Bonus for full-time!

Schedule

Alternating Schedule - Sunday-Tuesday 9:30am-9:30pm

Responsibilities

• Resident Care
  • Maintains and submits accurate and timely documentation to meet contractual and licensing standards.
  • Provides positive emotional support and supervision to residents.
  • Ensures individual treatment plan is implemented and clearly documents progress toward goals.
  • Encourages and supports the resident's efforts to maintain their health status through hygiene, diet, exercise, rest, and utilization of coping strategies.
  • Engages in team meetings relative to the resident's plan of care and response to treatment.
  • Provides crisis and emergency behavior management.
  • Assists individuals to reach their goals/skills for independent living.
  • Supports independent client functioning that leads to increased skills upon discharge.
• Medications
  • Facilitates administration of medications and complete required documentation.
  • Check medications nightly and order through guardian hub any medications that are low.
  • Organize/verify Medication orders.
  • Keep medication areas neat and all paperwork properly filed/uploaded in medical record.
  • Complete a pass down to daytime CRMA prior to leaving shift.
• Coverage Duties
  • Provide Break Coverage to each overnight staff.
  • Cover staff needing to leave early after arriving to work and unplanned callouts.
  • Rotate between buildings and help overnights with general duties, and ensure all overnights are awake/alert.
  • Provide overnight transportation as needed.
  • Provide additional support to buildings with particularly acute residents.
  • Salt walkways before day staff arrive in inclement weather.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency.
• MHRT-1 certification upon hire or completion of certification within 60 days of employment.
• Valid state driver's license.
• Experience working in the mental or behavioral health field preferred.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.