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Support Staff - Kairos

Job Summary

Support Staff will support residents in achieving their goals that promote recovery, wellness, and successful community living. They will assist in the development of a culture of recovery and peer support, role model behaviors, assist in connecting with and using community resources, assist in building new competencies and other similar activities. Support Staff is key to maintaining the peace and quiet enjoyment of the community; assist in orienting new residents to the program & protocols; and maintaining security.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain Site Health & Safety

Allow access to staff, residents, guests, and identified delivery people only. Assure all guests sign the visitor's log. Log-in deliveries.
Conduct and document rounds of the building, including checking the safety and security of residents and the building.
Address urgent and crisis situations. Use de-escalation strategies. Follow procedures regarding emergency services, on-call, and property emergencies (flood, fire).
Ability to manage residents alone at the site with on-call assistance available as needed.

Communication and Documentation

Answer incoming calls, take accurate messages, and transfer calls as necessary

Participate in Shift Change with person taking over your shift to share information, communicating with staff on-call per site procedures. Write a brief summary of your shift in the staff logbook, Teams, and / or add a progress note in ETO as appropriate.

Resident Engagement

Establish and maintain healthy relationships with residents, be courteous and respectful of all residents, guests, and community members. ? Respectfully engage residents in a way that recognizes every person's recovery process is unique.

Facilitate recovery and community building groups and activities as appropriate.

Additional Duties

Receive and document food fees / program fees and receipts as required (as applicable).

Attend meetings and training, including supervision, staff meetings, community meetings, team meetings.

Assist with general administrative duties, such as faxing, copying, mailing, creating flyers etc.

Kitchen Support Duties (for sites with meal service)

Prepare and serve meals / snacks as designated times as required. Maintain cleanliness of kitchen and oversee kitchen clean up (wash dishes, empty trash, etc).

Medication Monitoring Duties (for sites with med rooms)

Assist residents to comply with taking their prescribed medications per medication monitoring policy and site protocols.

Project HOME offers a competitive compensation package which includes health, prescription, dental, and vision coverage at minimum cost to our employees, company funded life and disability insurances, paid parental leave, spending accounts, and 401K plan with 100% matching contributions up to 5% of compensation. Additionally, we offer generous PTO accruals which includes paid sabbatical leave.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :

Minimum Experience :

GED or high school diploma required.

For sites with meal service, ServSafe certificate at time of hire or willingness to attend class and pass test within the first 90 days.

Preferred Experience :

Experience working in behavioral health and / or homelessness.

Certified Peer Specialist Certification

Bilingual

Valid Driver's license

Core Skills :

Basic computer / technology literacy

Knowledge of crisis intervention and de-escalation

Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing, Excellent interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with all levels of staff and residents.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

WALKING / SITTING / STANDING.

Project HOME provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Project HOME prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job. Management may, at its sole discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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