Residential Advisor

• High school diploma or GED certificate required.

• Valid IL driver’s license, reliable transportation, and proof of auto insurance are required.
• Possesses, or obtains CPR, First Aid within the first 30 days of employment.

• Social service experience is preferred.

• Keyboarding and computer skills as required by position.
• Interpersonal and communication skills are necessary.
• Ability to lift twenty-five pounds or more for storing of commodities and assisting in setting up rooms.

• Provides individual skills training in activities of daily living, including managing medications, budgeting, meal preparation, housekeeping, personal hygiene, and other areas as needed to promote independence in daily living.
• Assists clients in meeting their recovery plan goals and promotes clients’ overall safety and well-being.
• Supports program expectations, rules, and procedures.
• Follows appropriate sanitary practices in food storage, meal preparation, and clean up.
• Maintains adequate housekeeping standards at all times.
• Organizes household functions and monitors and reports facility maintenance.
• Demonstrates willingness to enhance knowledge of behavioral health, to be flexible when working with others, and to adhere to a solid work ethic when working independently.
• Provides required number of hours of services per week to individuals within the Residential Program.
• Completes all mandatory education requirements, including monthly clinical supervision as required by the Illinois Department of Human Services.
• Performs other related work as required or requested.

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