Job Description

Job title

Life Skills Professional

Reports to

Residential Manager

RHD is hiring for FT Weekend Overnight (3 shifts), Friday, Saturday, Sunday Life Skills Professionals for the Men's Bucks County Halfway House site in Fairless Hills. 

$16.50 per hour

Full-time hours available (full benefit package) for Friday, Saturday, Sunday overnight, 3 - 12 hour shifts. 

OR, Friday, Saturday, Sunday overnight, 3 - 10 hour shifts. 

Position Summary

The Life Skills Professional is responsible for client support through direct interaction throughout shift; collaboratively and actively assisting and supporting the participants of the program in the development of Life/Recovery Support/Coping/Daily living skills. Facilitate and document shift activities and life skills, implementing the activities on the monthly calendar; promote and enhance the informed culture of the program and the establishment and attainment of recovery goals. 

Essential Duties and Functions

Intervene in crisis and document all critical incidents. Review site's required documentation for completion and accuracy, i.e., observation checks, MARs, daily shift notes. 

Support PIRs in maintaining the physical plant by monitoring and inspecting their household chores, enter daily census and other assigned information into Avatar 

Responsible for assessment, planning, creating, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of participant’s daily living in accordance with the Recovery Model. Assist participants.

Report to Program Manager when maintenance needs, will assess program participant’s strengths, differing skills and abilities, to determine the best approach and learning style that can help increase skill development of each program participant.

Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

Possess High School Diploma/GED 

2 years of experience in the social service field preferred. 

Current valid State Driver’s License preferred.

Working conditions

While performing the duties of this job, employees are frequently required to stand, walk, lift, use hand to find, handle feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, listen, taste, and smell. The job also requires employees to lift and/or move objects up to 50lbs. The individual must be able to manager stairs on a frequent basis. 

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Permanent employment, Full time, Shift work, Sunday, Saturday,

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