Residential Support Counselor - Belfast
Job Code:13413
Location:Belfast 04915
Department:Adult PNMI
FT/PT Status:Full Time
Summary:
Join the Adult Residential Team in Belfast!
$2,000 Sign-On Bonus for full-time!
Hourly Rate: $19.00
Schedule: Week 1: Sunday - Tuesday 7:30am-8pm
Week 2: Monday - Wednesday 7:30am - 8pm
Participate in a dynamic team providing support to individuals with mental illness. Within the framework of recovery and resiliency provide for a positive environment to foster the development of independent living skills while monitoring and role modeling health and safety.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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.
EDUCATION:
- High School Diploma or equivalency.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
- MHRT-1 certification upon hire or completion of certification within 60 days of employment.
- Valid state driver’s license.
EXPERIENCE & JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience working in the mental or behavioral health field preferred.
- Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.
ComprehensiveBenefits Package Includes:
- Medical/dental/vision insurance and HSA/FSA optionswith generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees andhousehold members
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and float day
- Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Employee discount program
- Milage reimbursement, applicable incentive anddifferential pay programs
- Eligibility for annual increases and referral bonuses
- Tuition reimbursement and educational partnershipdiscounts
- 30% tuition discount for UNE's Online GraduatePrograms
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
- Free professional development and trainingopportunities through the Sweetser Training Institute