Awake Overnight Residential Counselor

Overview

As an Awake Overnight Counselor, you will provide direct support to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a small group residential setting or an individual living arrangement. In your role you will work together with the people we serve, their families, friends, employers, and other support staff to transform their lives by either building independence skills or increasing each person's quality of life.

Awake Overnight Counselors have a range of duties including have a range of duties include administrating medication under the Medication Administration Plan (MAP), implementing treatment plans, and assisting people with activities of daily living.

Responsibilities

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:
• Assist in implementing treatment programs, including ISP/ PSTPs and clinical programs. May participate in treatment planning process.
• Maintain records for persons served. Collect behavior and academic data and maintain progress notes. Document all information related to incidents, programs and routine activities in a communication log.
• Provide training and support to persons served in completing ADLs, including showering, personal hygiene, dressing and household chores. Conduct fire and safety training for persons served and document in training log.
• Monitor physical and emotional needs, and report changes to supervisor.
• Store, administer, document and dispose of medication for persons served consistent with MAP requirements, funding source regulations and Company policy.
• Participate in all mandated training and staff meetings as directed by the Site Manager. Assist with the orientation of new staff. Ensure compliance with all internal and external regulatory bodies.
• Comply with all corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, worker's compensation, universal precautions and exposure control.
• Perform hands-on tasks in the program as required, in order to facilitate implementation of support plans. Ensure program site safety and maintenance as necessary. This may include general housekeeping, snow shoveling and garbage removal. Provide transportation as necessary.
• Ensure required staff to person served ratio is maintained at all times. Must perform last minute coverage as required.
• Provide physical intervention and/or first aid in the event of behavior or medical emergency. Serve as a reporter to the Disabled Persons Protections Commission.
• Must remain awake, alert, and dressed throughout the entire shift.
• Perform other related duties as required.

About Vinfen

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

* A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan

* First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!

* Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)

* Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance

* Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)

* Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance

* Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):

* 15 days of Vacation per year

* 11 Paid Holidays

* 10 Sick Days per year

* 3 Personal Days per year

* Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
* $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!

* Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

About Us:

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and…