Support Staff - Adult Residential

About the role

The primary purpose of this role is to provide supervision for our clients and to ensure their safety while building a rapport with them. This includes providing assistance to each client in working with a group and in handling individual problems; responsibility for setting of limits for behavior; creating documentation of the clients' progress; identifying the possible need for professional services and communicating such findings to professional staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for whereabouts of residents and what they are doing at all times.
• Maintain monitoring of resident's behaviors.
• Facilitate residential daily schedule including participating in, and providing support to residents, to include but not limited to, activities such as chores, deep clean of designated space, meal service, laundry service, groups, activities, and events.
• Carry out regular checks on residents.
• To administer medication at designated times, as prescribed by the GP.
• To assist with planning individual care for residents as needed.
• To communicate with the Clinical staff both verbally and in writing about the residents' general condition and developments in the home.
• To rotate being on call in case emergency coverage is needed.
• To answer the telephone and take messages as required.
• To take residents out on outings.
• To oversee visitation.
• To perform some case management tasks (e.g., set up medical appointments, daily living skills, resume writing, insurance enrollment).
• To write case notes during each shift.
• To practice compliance with all policies, record keeping requirements, assigned documentation, and any other assigned duties.
• To manage time effectively and to multi-task.
• To remain current and up to date on all training and certifications required to maintain employment with Steps For Change- Adult Residential.
• To have good knowledge of fire, emergency, first aid, CPR and security procedures.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Benefits

Steps For Change does not offer benefits at this time.

Pay

Compensation details are not specified at this time.

Schedule

Shifts Available: Saturday and Sunday: 8pm-8am Friday 12pm- 8am On call (When needed, M-Thursday 12am- 8pm)