What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substitute Residential Advisor position at Covenant Learning Solutions LLC?
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates and abides by Covenant Learning Center Values and operating principles.
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification and acting as a mentor.
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for school or work assignment.
• Serves as a Career Success Team (CST) member developing and implementing student interventions.
• Ensures students are adequately prepared for the training day, e.g., dressed appropriately.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, and
other activities.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection ready.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into
responsible behavior and attitudes.
• Documents student records according to PRH, inputting all relevant student data.
• Prepares applicable reports to ensure accurate documentation of student progress.
• Maintains and ensures student rooms, dream boards and bulletin boards with updated student and center
information per established standards.
• Serves as channel of communication between management, staff, and students.
• Facilitates groups in life skills including budgeting, renter's rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.
• Facilitates small group discussions on life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.
• Participates in ESPs for students in assigned dormitory.
• Assesses the need for confidentiality balanced with the need to report situations on behalf of students to ensure the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• Contacts family members for consent for pass system as warranted.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.
• Meets individually a minimum of once a month with students on assigned dorm, documenting the meeting.
• Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security.
• Facilitates weekly dorm meetings which include accountability checks.
• Facilitates daily Morning Accountability Checks (MAC's)
• Ensures all equipment and facilities are clean and maintained in accordance with center, Covenant Learning Center and DOL standards.
• Creates a warm, welcoming atmosphere for students.
• Ensures assigned dormitory and its outdoor area are maintained in good repair, cleanliness, and order.
• Ensures use of federal equipment is within DOL, Covenant Learning Center and center guidelines.
• Maintains a work environment of zero accidents and injuries including no lost-time accidents.
• Ensures a work environment that provides an equal opportunity for all.
• Cultivate and maintain a positive climate on center that is free of harassment, intimidation, bullying and disrespect in order to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn.
• Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property, adheres to safety practices in all areas of
• responsibility.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
