Residential Service Associate

• Participates in treatment planning and case conferences with other staff of the community support program and with other agencies.
• Completes all assigned tasks from the daily schedule which may include: maintaining a therapeutic alliance with clients referring and linking clients to all needed services provided outside the agency and following up to see that said services are delivered.
• Coordinating the provision of medical and vocational services.
• Coordinating overall independent living assistance services and working with community agencies to develop needed resources including housing, employment options, and income assistance.
• Providing support and consultation with consumer’s family.
• Providing in-home services including ADL training, medication assistance and training, social support and home management assistance.
• Providing supportive counseling.
• Documents and keeps other staff, clinical coordinators, and Program Director informed of all changes in the consumer’s mental or social status.
• Carries primary or secondary cell phone as assigned and responds to after hour and emergency calls in accordance with program directives.
• Provides education and works as an advocate for persons served in the community.
• Performs other duties as requested or assigned, verbally or in writing.

• High School Diploma.
• At least two years of experience supporting individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.

• CPR/First Aid Certification.
• Valid Driver’s License with clean driving record.
• Satisfactory Criminal Background Investigative Report.
• Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training.
• LLAM Certification.
• Training in Defensive Driving.
• Training in Infection Control.
• Training in Suicide Risk Management.
• Training in Working with Persons with Serious Mental Illness.
• Training in PM-46 and how to identify and report abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation of property.
• Training in 45 and 42 CFR, Rules and Regulations that safeguard a person’s privacy.
• Training about Agency policies and procedures on both a daily and emergency basis.
• Training in Fire Safety and Evacuation.
• Training in Safe Food Handling.
• Training about local resources in the community.

• Maintain and abides by OSHA requirements and guidelines.
• Observes all Fire and Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Observes all Personnel Policies and Procedures.
• Observes all Agency’s Policies and Procedures.
• Observes all NJDOH-DMHAS, CARF and NJSAMS Regulations.
• Observes all HIPAA Policies and Procedures and maintains confidentiality.
• Completes and returns all paperwork distributed by the Human Resource Department.
• Attends all required and scheduled trainings and meetings.
• Always maintain a professional demeanor and exercise good professional judgment in all areas of employment duties.
• Documents time worked accurately

• Telephone, cellular telephone, copier, fax, computer, calculator.

• Computer literacy in MS Office products; Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point.
• Agency Electronic Medical Record and other software programs.

• Sitting at a meeting table or desk - Reaching - Lifting - Bending - Standing - Stooping - Twisting - Climbing steps - Driving a vehicle.

• Office environment.
• Multiple levels of stairs.

• The By-Laws of the Corporation and as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
  
  

Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment. Apis Services, Inc. and affiliate’s provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment.