Mental Health Worker/ Residential Aide- Vine

Job Description

Job Title: Mental Health Worker/ Residential Aide (4pm- 12am)

Organizational Unit: Women of Hope- Vine (Housing and Homeless Services)

Major Responsibilities: Provides Safe Environment for Residents while attending to personal care needs of the women.

Supervised by: Case Manager Supervisor

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicates regularly between shifts, receiving report from the shift before and giving the report to the shift coming in; reads follow up book.
• Completes evening shift notes, logs on each resident, smokers' alert sheet and writes entries in the follow up book as needed.
• Prepares, serves and cleans up from the super meal; snack time.
• Assists the women with the daily laundry schedule.
• Assists in the distribution of medications when approved by the Case Manager Supervisor.
• Performs personal care needs for the women.
• Coordinates evening volunteers.
• Makes hourly rounds.
• Coordinates evening activities.
• Executes fire drills when scheduled.
• Answers phone and door
• Handles emergencies
• Attends staff meetings and makes use of in-service opportunities, particularly those needed to comply with PCH licensing.
• Assists in any assignment deemed necessary by the supervisor or by the Program Director.

Representative Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• High school graduate/ GED
• Holds or is willing to obtain a current Safe Food Handling Certificate
• Holds or is willing to obtain a current certification in CPR and First Aid
• Has desire, interest and ability to work well with others including residents with severe and persistent mental illness who have been homeless.
• Flexible, hospitable
• Has completed the Direct Care Staff Person Training Course/ Test online and has submitted the certificate; has or will complete the state's med administration training and WOH training in order to be qualified to distribute medications.