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The Guild For Human Services
Residential Assistant - Youth Program
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What they do
A Residential Assistant or Advisor works in a residential mental health, long-term care, or substance abuse treatment facility and provides support for patients, including resolving conflicts, helping them adjust to their environment, and alleviating concerns. Performs inspections and assists with move-ins and facility programming.
$44,837 / year median in Massachusetts
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Walnut House The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community. At The Guild you can join a workforce of creative, dedicated, and passionate employees working every day to enhance the lives of youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other challenges.
Attend and support individuals participating in all community experiences.
Implement positive behavior supports and individual behavior support plans for individuals who live in the home.
Assist in record keeping and report writing, as assigned.
Provide supervision of all individuals while under his/her care.
Administer and record individuals' medications, in compliance with MAP.Able to transport individuals to various locations.
Provide direct supervision and care to individuals, including 1:1 responsibilities at all times and locations.
Participate in any meetings pertaining to assigned individuals or program planning, as directed.
Engage in de-escalation of individuals. Essential Job Functions Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job including inclement weatherDemonstrated evidence of mature judgment, good interpersonal skills, a desire to enrich individuals' lives and a willingness to learnPhysical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needsProficiency in written and spoken English is an essential function of the jobPass Guild Driving test to access Guild vehicles for transportations of individualsMust be able to implement crisis intervention techniques as necessary, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (via certification through CPI) The ability to assist individuals in evacuation from the residence
Summary:
To assist the Residential Manager (or Lead/Assistant Residential Manager) in the development and implementation of a comprehensive residential program for each of their assigned individualsPrimary Job Responsibilities:
Work as a member of a team to maintain a clean, safe, positive living environment for each individual who lives at the residence including completing laundry and cleaning assignmentsAssist in the development and implementation of each individual's residential ISP/IEP and daily activity schedule.Attend and support individuals participating in all community experiences.
Implement positive behavior supports and individual behavior support plans for individuals who live in the home.
Assist in record keeping and report writing, as assigned.
Provide supervision of all individuals while under his/her care.
Administer and record individuals' medications, in compliance with MAP.Able to transport individuals to various locations.
Provide direct supervision and care to individuals, including 1:1 responsibilities at all times and locations.
Participate in any meetings pertaining to assigned individuals or program planning, as directed.
Engage in de-escalation of individuals. Essential Job Functions Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job including inclement weatherDemonstrated evidence of mature judgment, good interpersonal skills, a desire to enrich individuals' lives and a willingness to learnPhysical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needsProficiency in written and spoken English is an essential function of the jobPass Guild Driving test to access Guild vehicles for transportations of individualsMust be able to implement crisis intervention techniques as necessary, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (via certification through CPI) The ability to assist individuals in evacuation from the residence