- Motive, encourage and build rapport with residents with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
- Provide one-on-one support to assist residents in complying with community treatment orders, facility rules and procedures, and with adhering to their schedules.
- Provide legal skills training to residents.
- Collaborate with referring Oregon counties and courts.
- Creativity to develop and host engaging groups and activities.
- Verbally de-escalate residents when they are upset or struggling.
- Work as a team with the Aid and Assist Case Managers and Program Manager.
- Resident Support Specialist I (entry-level in this field of work): Pay starts at $25.86 hourly.
- Resident Support Specialist II (experienced in this field of work, at least 2 years): pay starts at $27.61 hourly.
- Time off: Staff receive 18 days of PTO and vacation annually (that's 3.6 weeks), half front-loaded and half accrued. Staff also accrue 12 days of sick time annually. We also provide paid time off for bereavement and jury duty.
- Healthcare: We pay 100% of the medical, vision and dental premiums for our staff. That's a value of up to $673 monthly. Insurance begins the first of the month following date of hire.
- Retirement: We have an employer-funded SEP-IRA retirement plan. You are eligible after 1 year and we will contribute 7% on a quarterly basis.
- Tuition assistance: After 6 months, we will pay up to 50% of your tuition cost for a degree or certificate in a related field of study.
- Fitness: We will pay you up to $50 monthly for exercising/going to the gym.
- Free meal: If you work over meal service, you can eat for free here. The food is delicious
- Other perks and benefits.
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resident support specialist, mental health and community corrections - Portland, OR, United States - The Northwest Regional Re-entry Center
Description
The Northwest Regional Re-Entry Center (NWRRC) is a private non-profit organization that has been open since 1964. We operate a 150 bed residential facility and provide services to justice-involved adults, in a residential setting. One of the programs in our center is the Aid and Assist / Community Restoration program. This program provides restoration services for defendants in criminal cases with mental health disorders who have been deemed by the court unfit to proceed in their defense. The purpose is to develop additional housing and services for restoration to provide a step down option for individuals who no longer require hospital level of care and as an alternate to initial placement for individuals needing competency restoration services. The population served under this program includes adults who have serious mental illness (SMI), and common psychiatric conditions may include schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, major depression and psychotic disorders not otherwise specified (NOS). Individuals may also have a high prevalence of co-occurring substance use disorders.
We are hiring for a Resident Support Specialist and are looking for someone with a passion for this field of work and mental health. As an overview, this role provides support to our resident population in this program and also plans, designs, and carries out engaging activities, programs, events and life skills. Support may include rule teaching and compliance and encouraging activities of daily living, as well as positive and pro-social behaviors.
Sample of duties:
Schedule: Our facility operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Resident Support Specialist position is shift work and the shifts cover all 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week. Our schedules are designed to be consistent and may occasionally require overtime. Schedules are five 8-hour shifts, 40 hours a week.
Compensation: Here is our compensation structure:
Benefits: Here is an overview of our benefits:
Background check: All of our staff must pass our background investigation process. This positive requires a valid Driver's License and a driving record in good standing.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team
NWRRC provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.
Due to the nature of the population we work with and our federal and state contracts, all staff must be able to pass a comprehensive background investigation and a pre-employment drug screening, which includes testing for the use of cannabis/thc.
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