• Residential Aide

    Project Renewal, Inc. (New York, NY)


    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