Mental Health Worker/ Residential Aide- Women of Hope Vine

Job Description

Title: Mental Health Worker/ Residential Aide (12am- 8am)

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

Major Responsibilities: Provides safe environment for residents while attending to the cleaning and personal care needs of the women.

Supervised by: Food Service Director

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicates regularly between shifts, receiving report from the shift before and giving the report to the shift coming in.
• Reads from the follow up and log books and includes entries as necessary.
• Does general cleaning in the house
• Does laundry nightly
• Assists with any personal care needs of the women.
• Makes hourly rounds for safety (generally on weekends; or shared with 2nd staff person)
• Answers the phone and door
• Able to handle emergencies
• Prepares breakfast, cleans up and supervises the kitchen
• Assists with the execution of fire drills
• Attends staff meetings, supervisory sessions and makes use of in service opportunities, particularly those needed to comply with PCH licensing
• Completes any tasks necessary for the smooth running of the house and/or as directed by the Program Director.

Representative Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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.