What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Aide position at CAMBA?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The person filling this position is expected, under close supervision, to: (1) Assist clients in the development of daily independent living skills, including laundry, meal preparation and clean up, personal hygiene, shopping, and maintaining a schedule of activities.; (2) Maintain inventory of food and dry goods; and (3) Provide clients with an orientation of the facility, services and personal care items, upon arrival; including the following:
- Update and inform clients of facility changes through individual and group meetings.
- Conduct resident bed-check every evening.
- Intervene and diffuse inappropriate client interaction, as necessary.
- Monitor clients’ behavior and report client changes in behavior or personal care to Supervisor and/or appropriate social services staff.
- Ensure that clients receive personal care products and laundry products weekly, and replace any personal care items as needed.
- Sort, count, and bag bed linens, blankets, and towels (may wash, dry and fold).
- Distribute clean bed linens, blankets, pillows, and towels to residents.
- Monitor residents' use of laundry facilities.
- Strip former residents' lockers, bags and tags belongings, carry bags to storage area, and store bags for safekeeping.
- Retrieve personal property of former residents upon their return.
- Change and launder bed linens, blankets, and towels and prepare residents' quarters for new residents.
- Escort clients to appointments as needed.
- Prepare kitchen and dining facilities for mealtimes and clean up after each meal.
- Prepare paper goods, setups and condiments for mealtimes.
- Set up coffee and hot water urns before each meal.
- Prepare and serve sandwiches.
- Collect garbage in bags and remove to appropriate storage location.
- Research clients using the DHS SCIMS computer system.
- May input client data and client progress information into automated database.
- May plan, coordinate and facilitate social and/or peer support events for clients.
MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- High school diploma or G.E.D. and/or equivalent experience.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Participate in Department of Health Food Protection 15 hour Course and pass exam
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