Residential Unit Specialist Forensic - Apd​/Pathways Marianna, Fl

RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST FORENSIC -  APD/ PATHWAYS MARIANNA, FL

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Requisition No: 860486

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title:

RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST FORENSIC -  APD/ PATHWAYS MARIANNA, FL

Position Number:

Salary: $34,944.00 Annually Plus Shift Differential $1,344.00 Bi-weekly

POSITION: Residential Unit Specialist - Career Service – All shifts available

WORKING TITLE: Residential Unit Specialist Forensic

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This posting may close before the posted closing date.

This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to Pathways in Marianna, FL.

You must present a valid driver's license to interview.

Profile Completion

To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year.

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click ).

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate humility, motivation, and good judgment to contribute to a positive workplace culture and mission.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

Pathways is a 34-bed all-male forensic facility working with individuals with disabilities in a secure setting. These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues. Pathways provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to the individuals served, enabling a smooth transition back into a non-secure residential or community setting.

These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues. DDDP provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to the individuals served, enabling a smooth transition back into a non-secure residential or community setting.

$34,944.00 Annually Plus Shift Differential $1,344.00 Bi-weekly

This position is responsible for the custody, personal care, safety, security, and well-being of residents ordered by the Court to the custody of DDDP/Pathways.

• Implements and deploys behavioral programs designed for each resident in an appropriate, fair, and impartial manner.
• Ensures that all activities associated with the residents are documented and filed in the appropriate residence chart in accordance with Agency protocol. Immediately notify the supervisor of any issues associated with the resident(s).
• Performs 1:1 Specials in accordance with Agency protocols, ensures that appropriate and required documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner and works with individual resident(s) as assigned or required.
• Confers with unit supervisors concerning behavioral problems of resident(s) and assists in planning corrective measures.
• Cooperates with the supervisors of wards or units ensuring that the developmentally disabled are being adequately cared for and are receiving prescribed care and training.
• Makes daily rounds of the assigned wards or units for safety and sanitation issues and reports…