What are the responsibilities and job description for the RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1-3 position at LDH-Office of State Healthcare Facilities?
$1,768.00 - $3,182.00 Monthly
Alexandria, LA
Classified
CLSSC-10/5/2026-RSS-SO
LDH-Office of State Healthcare Facilities
10/05/2026
About this Job
If you’re compassionate, skilled, and ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, mission-driven setting—this could be the opportunity for you!
Minimum Qualifications
No experience or training required.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
- Change diapers, clean toilets, and turn residents every two (2) hours and at other times as required.
- Assist with simple screening procedures.
- Facilitate residents with activities, including recreational activities, to achieve their individual goals and objectives.
- Instruct clients in all areas of active treatment programming throughout the facility where required, to assist residents in achieving their most independent outcome.
- Positions and transfers residents in and out of wheelchairs, walkers, at the table, in the whirlpool and shower trolley, in bed, for toileting, swimming pool, beauty shop chair, and assuring resident safety at all times by adhering to policy on lifting and transferring.
- Assist residents with general housekeeping duties (cleanliness, bed making, washing, and preparing meals according to meal plans and suggestions)
- Bathes and feeds residents and assists in the general care of the instructed.
- Assist with shopping for clients, ride the bus, and assist with transferring and securing residents.
- Push the resident's wheelchair for daily activities, holiday parades, and facility plays, etc.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probation, Permanent, or Job Appointment. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of the Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center.
Work Schedule: Will be required to work 8, 10, 12, or 16-hour shifts; shifts will be determined based on facility needs.Compensation: Special Entrance Rate(SER): Residential Services Specialist 1 $972.00, Residential Services Specialist 2 $1,040.00, Residential Services Specialist 3 $1,190.80
In addition, this position has the following premium pay:
$1.00 - 0 months to less than 6 months
$1.50 - 6 months to less than 3 years
$2.00 - 3 years to less than 5 years
$2.50 - 5 years or greater
Shift Differential (for actual hours worked):
$0.90 - 2nd shift evenings 2 pm-10:30 pm
$0.50 - 3rd shift nights 10 pm-6:30 am
$0.50 - All shifts weekend/Holidays
Market Conditions (for actual hours worked):
$1.50
- This posting is used to establish a list of qualified applicants for current or future job openings. A current vacancy may or may not exist at the time of application. As a result, your application may remain in “Application Received” or a similar status for an extended period. The hiring agency may review the list when a vacancy becomes available and contact applicants they wish to consider at that time.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
- Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Central LA Supports and Services Center
5400 Coliseum Blvd
Alexandria, Louisiana 71303
318-487-5484Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Memorial Day,
- Independence Day,
- Labor Day,
- Veteran's Day,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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