Residential Living Assistant, Sr. jobs in Ohio

Description

We offer a competitive salary and a full comprehensive benefit package to full-time employees: 

· Medical   – 3 Tier Options - Health Savings Account – Live Health Online

· Dental

· Vision

· Employer   Paid Life and AD&D – 1 x annual Earnings

· Employer   Paid Short-term Disability

· Employer   Paid Long-term Disability

· Voluntary   Life Insurance

· Voluntary   Accident and Critical Illness

· Employee   Assistance Program

· 401K   - Safe Harbor match of 100% up to 3% of pay and then 50% on the next 2% of   pay

· Tuition   Reimbursement

· Bereavement   Leave

· Sick   Time

· Vacation   Time

· 12   Paid Holidays 

Job Summary: Plans, supervises, and coordinates residential living operations during assigned shift.

Duties:

• Creates and maintain an environment that allows students to learn and practice independent and community living skills.
• Models and reinforces social and employability skills, such as positive attitude, dependability, and teamwork.
• Provides a safe, secure, clean, and attractive physical and social living environment for students that is appropriate to their varied needs and levels of maturity.
• Provide staff supervision of all student living areas at levels that assure the safety, security, and accountability of all students at all times.
• Implements a structured process for sharing information that ensures effective student accountability.
• Implements safeguards to assure that personal information about individual students, subject to the Privacy Act, is shared among staff only to the extent necessary to ensure the safety and effective provision of services to students.
• Implements procedures to record important information about student-related events as the events occur and to transmit the information from each shift to the next.
• Maintain individual records for each student that contain, at a minimum, basic identifying information, including emergency contacts, and written parental consent (minors) for weekend passes to approved destinations. Such records shall be readily accessible to dormitory staff.
• Controls the movement of students between dormitories.
• Distributes dormitory supplies and materials.
• Tracks dormitory performance as it relates to dormitory incentives, including student retention.
• Screens, interviews, and recommends the hiring of all Residential Advisors (RAs).
• Provides orientation and other job related training to RAs.
• Schedules work assignments, supervises, and evaluates RA performance.
• Ensures that dormitory activity logs are accurately and completely maintained.
• Maintains and follows all non-health standing orders.
• Briefs the oncoming shift supervisor(s) before departure. This includes medical condition of students injured or sick, incidents, safety and security.
• Ensures that residential staff assists students in development long- and short-term personal and independent living goals and documents same on the students’ PCDP. Monitors progress through effective and timely ESPs.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience: Minimum of two years related experience as Residential Advisor or related supervisory experience in a similar environment is preferred.  Associate’s Degree form a College or University and /or equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered subject to DOL approval of a waiver. Valid state driver’s license required.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Therefore, the employee may be requested to perform other reasonable related duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and other management as required. The company reserves the right to revise or change job duties as business requirements dictate. It is mutually agreed that the job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. It is also understood that the company reserves the right to change work schedules as required, including overtime.