Residential Services Aide; 1st and 2nd Shifts; Selinsgrove Center

Are you ready to make a real impact as a Residential Services Aide with the Department of Human Services? This role gives you the chance to support people as they build skills and work toward meaningful goals. You will be part of a caring team that helps create a positive and encouraging environment. Join us and be a steady source of support for individuals at Selinsgrove Center.

Selinsgrove Center is located in a nice rural location just outside the Borough of Selinsgrove. We are only a couple of minutes from town, Selinsgrove Area Schools, and Susquehanna University. Come join us at the Selinsgrove Center and start your career in public service.

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This role focuses on supporting treatment, training, and daily living activities that help individuals gain skills and move toward personal goals. You will work closely with team members to ensure that each person receives thoughtful and well-coordinated care. As a Residential Services Aide, you will perform the following duties:

• Plan Participation: Assist with completing assessments and training plans to provide accurate information on individual strengths, likes, and needs
• Training Support: Help implement individual habilitation plan and individual support plans and conduct assigned training activities to support skill development
• Progress Monitoring: Record and report information to help revise plans and improve services
• Team Communication: Work with interdisciplinary team members to share insights and strengthen treatment efforts
• Record Keeping: Document information in individual unit records to support communication across the team
• Environment Support: Help enhance living areas by assisting with selecting, placing, and monitoring personal items that will maximize the therapeutic environment

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 1st shift (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM) and 2nd shift (2:00 PM to 10:30 PM), Sunday - Saturday, with a 30-minute lunch. You will have rotating break days and every third weekend off.
• Travel and overtime:
  As needed
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $43,376.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Successful completion of the Aide Trainee program (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration);
• or
• Six months of paid experience in the care, activities, and personal guidance of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination and a drug screening.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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