Residential Care Advisor (Pittsburgh East) Details

Pittsburgh Mercy - Pittsburgh, PA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Employment Type:
Full timeShift:
Evening Shift
Description:
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Residential Care Advisors provide assistance and training to individuals with Intellectual Disabilities/Serious Mental Illness in our residential treatment locations. We’re looking for people who have experience developing and mentoring a team, and who believe in a strengths-based approach, and use positive practices to help guide their everyday activities. Monarch Springs LTSR is a long term structured residence that provides a structured day for our persons served. The Monarch Springs LTSR has a multidisciplinary team made up of layers of staff to help clients achieve goals in their treatment plans in preparation for discharge to the community.
ABOUT YOU
In any given day, you might cook, clean, bathe, manage medications, take residents to appointments, interact with family members, and design games and crafts. We’re looking for employees who are professional, flexible, compassionate, and can remain composed in stressful situations.
This is a team-based position. Our sites are like your family home! Your dependability, integrity, empathy for others (both persons served and your fellow employees), and dedication to teamwork are essential to this position.
RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelors degree in human services OR High School diploma/GED and 4 years of paid related experience
  • Must have a valid PA driver’s license and be able to drive an organization automobile/van
  • Must be able to obtain Act 33/34/73 Clearances upon hire
  • Preemployment Screenings required

SCHEDULE (This is a non-exempt/hourly position)
Tuesday - Saturday 4:00 pm - 12:00 midnight
ABOUT PITTSBURGH MERCY
We’re a community-based health and human services organization using person-centered care to treat our area’s most vulnerable populations. We work with families in settings that are safe and familiar to them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care.
Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help – and hope – to people who are experiencing:

  • Mental illness and substance abuse
  • Physical health needs
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Traumatic events or circumstances, including homelessness + abuse

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $14.30 - $16.43 per hour

Posted on : 3 years ago