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Title: Residential Aide

Program: New Providence Women’s Shelter

Salary: $19.49/hour

Program Description:

The New Providence Women’s Shelter is a 130 bed 24/7 emergency shelter for homeless women diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Our comprehensive services include case management, individual and group counseling, recreational activities, and housing placement assistance. Additionally, an on-site Article 28 Clinic provides primary and behavioral health care services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential duties of the Custodian include but are not limited to the following activities:

+ Performs the day- to- day monitoring of the residents’ on-site activities.

+ Performs hourly inspections of the facility and immediate neighborhood, and documents/reports any incidents.

+ Assists in the planning and organization of recreational activities, events, and outings.

+ Wakes the clients as needed, provides clothing and personal care items to clients.

+ Ensures that the clients are out of the dormitories according to policies and procedures.

+ Reminds clients of their daily schedules and assists clients with their daily living skills.

+ Processes new client intake information, bed assignment, maintains the daily census records and provides DHS with daily census figures.

+ Secures the clients’ personal property and maintains an inventory of the clients belongings.

+ Observes the behavior of clients, reporting any unusual behavior to the case management and clinical staff.

+ Oversees the shelter at nights and responds to any requests from the clients who are awake.

+ Works collaboratively with the Program Aides/ Case Manager in providing crisis intervention in an emergency.

+ Complete electronic shift summaries and incident reports

+ Assists in the Cafeteria with meals being served to clients at breakfast, lunch and dinner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned by the Residential Aide Supervisor or other supervisory staff.

Qualifications:

+ A High School Diploma or GED required.

+ 1 year of experience working with homeless mentally ill adults or other special needs population

+ Excellent oral, writing and listening skills.

+ Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially e-mail, Word, and Excel; computer literate

+ Bilingual or multilingual a plus

Job Details

Pay Type Hourly

Employment Indicator Regular

Education Level High School

Hiring Min Rate 19.49 USD

Hiring Max Rate 19.49 USD