What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Manager position at Highland Rivers Community Service Board?
There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!
Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.
Job Summary: The Highland Rivers Behavioral Health women’s program offers hope, love and assistance for women in recovery by removing substance abuse as a barrier to employment and living in the community. The Women’s program includes both residential and intensive outpatient services that address risk factors for relapse. Services support women in achieving abstinence, maintaining recovery, avoiding illegal activity and meeting parenting responsibilities. The program also provides supports to help women obtain employment and transition into safe and stable housing.
Are you ready to make a Difference?
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervises Residential staff, providing clinical supervision, coaching and administrative supervision.
- Assist in training of basic personal and social skills, simple academics, or work skills.
- Performs various administrative, clerical and related support activities.
- Observes and monitors client’s behavior and charts observations and incidents.
- Provide guidance, motivation and encouragement needed to promote recovery.
- Oversee self-administering of medication.
- Assist in obtaining GED's, resume building, job placement and may transport consumers to and from part time jobs.
- Serve as mentors and assist in group and outing activities.
- Assisting in knowledge of substance misuse and of problems encountered by chemically dependent individuals; basic understanding of behavior management
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
- Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
- Retirement Plan with employer matching
- 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
- 10 paid holidays
- 1 personal day
- Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
- NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
- Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required.
- CAC-1
- Gender specific program requires female staff.
- Ability to deal effectively with conflict situations, manages aggressive behavior, and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioral management techniques.
- At least one year’s experience working in mental health or substance use disorder field preferred.
Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, age sex, religion, or disability.
Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment background investigation and a pre-employment drug screen. Employment is contingent upon passing the background and the drug screen.
