Job Description

Sweetser is hiring for a Residential Support Counselor in Belfast!

Schedule: Rotating Wednesday-Friday

8am-8:30pm &

Thursday-Saturday

8am-8:30pm

Residential Support Counselors support individuals with mental illness within the framework of recovery and resiliency providing a positive environment which fosters the development of independent living skills, while monitoring and role modeling health and safety.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Resident Care

Maintains and submits accurate and timely documentation to meet contractual and licensing standards. Provides positive emotional support and supervision to residents. Ensures individual treatment plan is implemented and clearly documents progress toward goals. Encourages and supports the resident's efforts to maintain their health status through hygiene, diet, exercise, rest, and utilization of coping strategies. Engages in team meetings relative to the resident's plan of care and response to treatment. Provides crisis and emergency behavior management. Assists individuals to reach their goals/skills for independent living. Supports independent client functioning that leads to increased skills upon discharge.

Medications

Facilitates administration of medications and complete required documentation. Check medications nightly and order through guardian hub any medications that are low. Organize/verify Medication orders. Keep medication areas neat and all paperwork properly filed/uploaded in medical record. Complete a pass down to daytime CRMA prior to leaving shift.

Coverage Duties

Provide Break Coverage to each overnight staff. Cover staff needing to leave early after arriving to work and unplanned callouts. Rotate between buildings and help overnights with general duties, and ensure all overnights are awake/alert. Provide overnight transportation as needed. Provide additional support to buildings with particularly acute residents. Salt walkways before day staff arrive in inclement weather.

EDUCATION:

High School Diploma or equivalency.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

MHRT-1 certification upon hire or completion of certification within 60 days of employment. Valid state driver's license.

EXPERIENCE & JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Experience working in the mental or behavioral health field preferred. * Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.