Residential Associate

Description

Under general supervision, provides a safe, therapeutic environment for woman seeking to address their chemical dependency problems through medication management, recreation and facility management in addition to other residential activities for clients. Maintains confidentiality and ethical standards as identified by the NYS OASAS and other relevant governing bodies. Effectively supports ongoing and collaborative communication amongst all program staff, adhering to established agency communication protocols and is responsible for ensuring a trauma informed care environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitors residents to assure a safe therapeutic environment for woman ages 18 years and older, including women who are pregnant and parenting young children, preschool age and younger.
  • Makes hourly visual contact with residents and documents in client observation record
  • Monitor and support residents efforts in maintaining their comprehensive plan for admission, ongoing treatment and discharge of transfers.
  • Implements recreational activities as created by the vocational specialist or residential team.
  • Cover non clinical psychoeducational groups as needed
  • Observes peer led activities
  • Provides transportation when needed
  • Conducts room and personal belonging searches to ensure the safety of the environment and program participants.
  • Conducts urine toxicology screens as scheduled or randomly if needed while practicing universal precautions
  • Provides conflict management to residents as needed
  • Supervises preparation of meals by clients to assure sanitation, safety & nutritional standards are met satisfactorily. Required to complete L2 certification
  • Maintains cleanliness of facility, including assigning chores, cleanup tasks and doing necessary follow-up to ensure satisfactory completion.
  • Debriefs relevant information to incoming employees during shift exchange; conducts visible rounds to ensure all residents are accounted for and environment is safe at beginning and end of each shift
  • Carries out emergency procedures to assure safety of residents and staff when required.
  • Notifies Residence Manager of any emergency situations immediately.
  • Conducts monthly fire drills.
  • Engages security system.
  • Provides medication observation and monitoring utilizing established protocols in absence of LPN coverage
• Completes and maintains all necessary documentation in compliance with the agency and appropriate regulatory standards.
  • Enters shift notes into electronic client record database per each scheduled shift
  • Completes group notes into electronic client record database by the end of each shift
  • Completes incident reports, documenting any unusual incidents or situations as needed.

• Participates in relevant Agency meetings and/or trainings
• Actively pursues development of professional competencies related to job role performance through reading, supervision, in-service training and attendance at conferences and workshops.
• Awareness and active support of the Agency's Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan. Including, but not limited to, supporting the Agency's Core Competency initiatives of being Collaborative and Community Focused, Innovative and Entrepreneurial, and Culturally Competent and Diverse

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive. Employees will follow other instructions and perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education: Minimum of High School Diploma or GED required. Associates Degree in Human Services or related field preferred. Equivalent Combination of education and experience will be considered.

Credentials: Valid and clean NYS Drivers License.

Experience: Experience working with substance use disorder clients and/or mental health services preferred. Bilingual in Spanish is also preferred.

Physical Demands/Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands to type and/or perform light lifting. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Compliance: Adheres to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, those governing confidentiality, privacy, program, billing and documentation standards. All duties must be performed in accordance with CFCs corporate compliance & ethics program.

***Catholic Family Center is committed to leveraging the talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our agency and our people. EOE/AA Disability/Vet

Salary : $17 - $18