Residential Advisor

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Job Title: Residential Advisor

Our organization is seeking a Residential Advisor to work with young adults between the ages of 16-25. The ideal candidate will be responsible for empowering and mentoring our students, while promoting inclusiveness and relatability to all cultures.

Responsibilities:

- Empower and mentor young adults in a residential setting

- Promote inclusiveness and relatability to all cultures

- Provide guidance and support to students

- Develop and implement programs to enhance the residential experience

- Maintain a safe and secure environment for all students.

Requirements:

- Strong communication skills

- Ability to relate to individuals from diverse backgrounds

- Counseling experience is a plus

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed

If you are passionate about empowering young adults and promoting inclusiveness, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Requirements

Duties/Responsibilities:

•Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, special recreation activities, cafeteria monitoring, transportation, and programmed activities.

•Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, emergency, or home situations, etc., with students, and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.

•Documents student's records according to requirements of PRH; accesses and inputs all relevant student data, including but not limited to attendance, performance, progress, discipline, etc. into the CIS.

•Prepares reports and forms and annotates logs to ensure accurate documentation of daily observations of student's progress, performance, behavior and attitudes, staff breaks, emergency information, communication information, references to critical information contained in folders.

•Maintains bulletin boards in assigned dormitory with updated student and Center information.

•Serves as a 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 in life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.

•Teaches SST curriculum to students as defined by the PRH and the Center.

•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.

•Provides CPR/First Aid as warranted.

•Meets individually a minimum of once each month with students on assigned dorm, documenting the meeting.

•Performs and documents daily checks of dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety and security.

•Facilitates weekly dorm meetings which include accountability checks.

•Conducts Student Wake up procedures and ensures the MAC is signed (Morning Accountability)

•Ensures all equipment and facilities are clean and maintained in accordance with Center, CSD and DOL standards.

•Creates a warm/welcoming atmosphere for students, including encouragement to personalize the living environment.

•Ensures student rooms and bulletin boards are maintained per Center, CSD and DOL standards without references to profanity, gang affiliation, drugs, alcohol, or inappropriate graffiti or sexually provocative or inappropriate material.

•Ensures assigned dormitory and its outdoor area are maintained in good repair, cleanliness, and order.

•Ensures use of federal equipment (faxes, computers, etc.) is within guidelines establish per DOL CSD and the Center

•Attends all training sessions and staff meetings as scheduled. Is CPR and First Aid Certifiable.

•Performs other duties as assigned

Salary Description

21.00-23.10