Residential Aide

Title: Residential Aide

Locations: Multiple opportunities are available in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan in our Homeless Shelters

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Depending on the shift and program, essential duties of the Residential Aide include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Performs the day- to- day monitoring of the residents’ on-site activities

• Performs hourly inspections of the facility and immediate neighborhood, and documents/reports any incidents

• Assists in the planning and organization of recreational activities, events and outings

• Wakes the clients as needed, provides clothing and personal care items to clients

• Ensures that the clients are out of the dormitories according to policies and procedures

• Reminds clients of their daily schedules, and assists clients with their daily living skills

• Processes new client intake information, bed assignment, maintains the daily census records and provides DHS with daily census figures.

• Secures the clients’ personal property and maintains an inventory of the clients belongings

• Observes the behavior of clients, reporting any unusual behavior to the case management and clinical staff

• Oversees the shelter at nights and responds to any requests from the clients who are awake

• Works collaboratively with the Program Aides/ Case Manager in providing crisis intervention in an emergency

• Complete electronic shift summaries and incident reports

• Assists in the Cafeteria with meals being served to clients at breakfast, lunch and dinner

• Performs other duties as assigned by the Residential Aide Supervisor or other supervisory staff

Qualifications:

• A High School Diploma or GED required

• 1 year of experience working with homeless mentally ill adults or other special needs population

• Excellent oral, writing and listening skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially e-mail, Word and Excel; computer literate

• Bilingual or multilingual a plus

Effective September 13, 2021, all newly hired Project Renewal staff must: 1) provide one-time status verification of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 OR 2) provide verification of first does of a two-dose series of Covid-19 vaccination.

To apply: E-mail resume and cover letter indicating position and salary requirements: to careers@projectrenewal.org